on 23/01/05 23:53, Ben Dyer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In my experience, Panther install CDs work on any machine. The disks > that came with my iBook G4 work on an iMac G3, an aluminium PowerBook > G4, and a Wallstreet (with XPostFacto). It seems to be only earlier OS > install CDs that are machine-specific. > > Cheers, > Ben > > On 24 Jan 2005, at 15:14, Geoff WALLACE wrote: > >> Hello Alex, >> >> The eMac CD you are installing OS X from is a machine specific CD for >> an >> eMac. >> >> You need to get hold of an OS X retail CD and install that over >> FireWire.
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