Here is the breakdown for using XPostFacto: Use it to install Panther and up on Macs without USB ports and Use it to install Tiger on a Mac without FireWire (one of the slot- loaders without firewire is an exception though)
I pulled the drive from my 333NHz tray loader and put it in my PowerMAc to install Tiger and then put it back in the iMac On Nov 22, 2009, at 9:34 AM, Bill Chapman wrote: > Anyone know how to install OS 8.6 (yeah, I know) on a G3 iMac slot > load > 350MHz? > > > > Robert Esposito wrote: >> You do not need XPostFacto. You need the correct Firmware upgrade >> and then a clean install. I have successfully done tis to iMac G3 >> 400MHz and Panther plus iMac G4 600MHz and Tiger. I don't like >> Tiger on a G3 iMac. It works but slower than I would like. Panther >> seems faster for the G3 iMac but you give up many Tiger upgrades >> for the improved performance that Panther gives on the G3. >> >> On Nov 22, 2009, at 8:23 AM, Art wrote: >> >> >>> On Nov 22, 2009, at 12:29 AM, Bill Chapman wrote: >>> >>>> I've installed Panther 10.3.9 on my slot-loading G3 iMac and my G3 >>>> iBook, without XPostFacto4... but I think you need that to install >>>> Tiger >>>> >>> Don't think so -- I've had Tiger on my iMac DV SE400 "forever" but >>> never even heard of XPostFacto prior to this thread. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are a member of the iMac >>> Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and 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 leave this group, send email to imaclist >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ >>> group/imaclist >>> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac > Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and 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 leave this group, send email to imaclist > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
