Hello,
Thanks very much for your helpful answer. I
believe the problem is solved!
Thanks
Bruce Stubblefield
--- Greville Whittle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I had a similar problem a few years ago, I'm pretty
> sure I resolved it by:
>
> 1. Copy the system folder and any patches/ rom
> upgrades from the OS 9 CD to
> the hard drive.
> 2. Boot up the iMac from the hard drive and try
> installing the rom upgrade.
> 3. Boot from the OS 9 CD, format the hard drive and
> do a proper install of
> the OS.
>
> I'm sure there's a much more elegant (and less time
> consuming) fix, but it
> worked for me.
>
> Regards,
> Greville
>
> On 4/22/05 20:50, "Bruce Stubblefield"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hello list,
> > I just bought an ancient iMac Biondi blue 233
> > mhz/4 gig drive/ 32 mb ram. Here's my vexing
> problem.
> > The internal drive is completely blank. So I
> need to
> > put a system on it. Computer checks out OK on the
> > Norton tests run from the CD. Computer will not
> boot
> > from my MAC OS 8.1 CD. It will boot from my Mac
> OS
> > 9.0.4 CD. However, It will NOT install a system
> from
> > the OS 9 CD, because it asks for a ROM upgrade.
> It
> > will NOT run the rom upgrade containded on my OS 9
> CD
> > without an unlocked system booting the computer
> > (Norton and Mac OS Cd's are locked, obviously).
> It
> > will not boot from an external USB drive
> containing OS
> > 9.0.1. So, no system, no ROM upgrade, but no
> can't
> > run ROM upgrade without system.
> > Is there a genius out there with a solution?
> >
> > many thanks
> > Bruce S
> >
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