Excuse me for dropping into this discussion.
I have a iMac G3 that has OS 9.2.2 installed by the guy that sold this
blue bean.
It is my understanding that i can install OS X on top, right ?
However, the said iMac G3's optical drive can only read CD's not DVD's.
It rudely spits out the DVD with no explanation. How rude is that?
What now ?
And also the iMac G3 hard drive is only 10 GB.
What now ?
On 10-09-07 11:47 AM, Tina K. wrote:
Dennis B. Swaney so eloquently wrote:
3. Since I have a 9.2.2 install CD, I will boot from it to install Mac
OS 9.2.2. However, how should I go about installing Mac OS 10.4? Boot
from the DVD, or just do the install while the iMac is running on 9.2.2?
I've never installed both OS 9.x and OS 10.x from scratch before.
4. Since I don't have any way to connect this old iMac to the Internet,
is there any other way to run the Software Updaters for OS 9 & OS 10?
Perhaps by connecting it with an Ethernet cable to my PowerBook and
sharing it's Internet connection?
Any other advice would be welcome.
Don't forget to partition the drive while you're in Disk Utility after
you zero it out.
Internet sharing has never worked for me as easily as it seems it
should be. Be sure to turn off the firewall in the Sharing or Security
preference pane (depending on OS version). Whenever I've used internet
sharing I've always ended up having to futz with it, sorry I can't be
more specific than that.
You could also just disconnect your PowerBook and connect the iMac
directly, that might actually be easier. Another way to go would be to
get a router, not only does that allow you to connect more than one
computer to the internet it also provides a hardware firewall.
Tina
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