On Feb 9, 2009, at 11:10 PM, Kyle Parish wrote:
> > I believe you update os 9 before you install OSX. They are two different operating systems, and can be installed independently of each other. However the OP has a multi-step issue: They need to update the firmware before installing OS X. To do that they need to update OS 9, easy enough, download the updater from apple, which will actually update you to 9.2. That runs perfectly well on that iMac. Then any version of OS X supported by the system can simply be installed. > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Bruce Johnson > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> On Feb 9, 2009, at 1:56 PM, Gwenita wrote: >> >>> My question is: can I install Panther 10.3.9 >>> (which I understand is best for this machine) directly, or do I >>> first >>> need to load OS 10.0? >> >> All OS X major versions:10.0, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 can be installed >> on their own without previous OS X installs. You are correct, though, >> that you have to update the firmware, and to do that you need to >> update OS 9. That can be done by downloading the updates from Apple. >> >> -- >> Bruce Johnson >> U of Az College of Pharmacy >> Information Technology Group >> Institutions don't have opinions, merely customs >> >> >>> >> > > -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
