on 09/12/05 05:23, BGbank at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Greetings folks, This may be a no-brainer Q... but I don't know... > > I'm thinking of buying from a certain vendor a G4 ibook that comes without > an OS. My Q is, How can you install an OS if it doesn't already have one? > > I have OS 9.1 CDs which came with this current G3 ibook (300mhz, 6gig, 128 > ram). Will a G4 ibook (800mhz, 30gig, 640 ram) without any OS on it, let me > "boot from" and/or "install" this OS 9.1-CD, for starters? (Eventually I > would look to buy OSX CDs, etc.) > > In other words, I'm sure the machine will turn "on," but then what? Will a > G4 ibook w/o any OS on it even let you get to the "Start Up Disk" in the > Apple Menu/Control Panels so you can set it to start up on the OS 9.1 CD? > > And then would it let me merely "copy to HD" the entire OS 9.1 from the CD? > If so, that'd be great. But if not, I wouldn't want to buy this G4 ibook if > I can't even make it work. > > If it's more complicated than what I described above, does anyone know of a > webpage or URL that would list "How To" do such a thing, step-by-step?
Depending on the model of iBook, it may or may not boot from that OS 9.1 CD. Any Macintosh will be able to boot from an appropriate system install CD. The CD has a version of the OS so that the Mac can boot from it. The only gotcha is to make sure that the system install CD you have is appropriate for the specific model of Mac you're planning to use it with. -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] metasyntactic variable: n. A name used in examples and understood to stand for whatever thing is under discussion, or any random member of a class of things under discussion. The word foo is the canonical example. To avoid confusion, hackers never (well, hardly ever) use `foo' or other words like it as permanent names for anything. In filenames, a common convention is that any filename beginning with a metasyntactic-variable name is a scratch file that may be deleted at any time. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
