I've had issues with picky G3 iMacs in the past, and have gotten them to install from burned CDs by using a USB external CD/DVD drive. It's a little slower than the internal because they are only USB 1.1, but it usually works.
> > On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 6:34 PM, Kostsei Kuolematon > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I've bought an old iMac G3 (333MHz, 128MB RAM), no firewire, no DVD, no CD >> burning. Since it doesn't support Airport, I've found and bought an old USB >> WiFi adapter, but still it only has drivers for OS X 10.3 while I have 10.1 >> at the moment. I've replaced hard drive for 120GB one and was able to >> reinstall the original OS 8.5, then 9.2.2 and finally OS X 10.1. I've >> checked the firmware update and it's up to date, the hard drive is also >> fine. Actually everything works until it comes to 10.3 install. >> -- [Greg Bennett] -Independent Carpenter, Electrician & Lighting Designer -Purveyor of Classic Apple & Macintosh Gear http://www.hsiprodsvcs.com/ http://www.macshack.us/ -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
