Good news! I put the OS 9 disc in and booted holding the option key, and the iMac decided to boot into OS X 10.3.9 just as it did before. Typical, after having only just received my new iBook from eBay this morning... Thanks for all the help!
On 19 Feb, 14:44, Kasey Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, the OS9 one *might* work. I have a grey disc for OS9 and OSX > 10.1 from an iBook (one of the first ones that shipped with OSX) and > they work fine on my other Macs, but this is rare and only happens > with the older ones. > On Feb 19, 2010, at 6:58 AM, Jimi Camel wrote: > > > > > Not even OS 9? Oh well, I'm sure I can find the right disc some day... > > > On 19 Feb, 13:43, Kasey Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Feb 19, 2010, at 5:14 AM, Jimi Camel wrote: > > >>> Hi all, > >>> My faithful 1999 iMac Slot Loading has decided to stop working, > >>> when I > >>> boot it up all I get is a grey boot screen with the Apple logo > >>> but no > >>> spinning icon. The people in the Apple store told me to put in the > >>> install disk and hold down "c", but I do not have the original > >>> install > >>> disk. It was running OS X 10.3.9, and I have disks for 10.4.11 > >>> (iBook > >>> G4) and OS 9. Is there any way I can revive my iMac whilst hopefully > >>> keeping my files? If not, I would appreciate any help in just > >>> getting > >>> the thing running again... > >>> Thanks! > >>> N.B: I would rather not have it permanently booting into OS 9 if > >>> possible... > > >> Nope, those CDs won't work. You will need a retail DVD or CD set. > > > -- > > 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 athttp://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtmland our > > netiquette guide is athttp://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 athttp://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
