bought a G3 from classified ad

[shillizzle]

I am trying to boot a G3 from the dvd-drive, when i hold the option button down i get to the screen with the buttons for "refresh", "Mac hd" and "enter". the install dvd that it came with is Tiger 10.4 it shows up on the desktop, but not in the boot options when holding option during boot. Im trying this boot method as when i double ckick and navigate to the install file on the disk, the Tiger welcome screen comes up but says "click restart to start the installation process." when i click restart i get the error" Startup disk was unable to select the install disk as the startup disk (-2).
this is my very first imac, and i want to use the disk as the web browsers for 9.2.2 are not very good for viewing newwer web pages, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

[Giaguara]

How much RAM do you have?

[shillizzle]

in "about this computer" it says,
version: mac OS 9.2.2
built in memory: 192 MB
Virtual memory: 193 MB used on mac HD
Largest unused block 153.5 MB

im thinking that this is not what you ment, could you tell me where wlse i can look and il post the result.
Thanks for the reply.

[Giaguara]

You need more RAM to install it.

[Hughvane]

Originally Posted by shillizzle

in "about this computer" it says,
version: mac OS 9.2.2
built in memory: 192 MB

Total agreement with Giaguara, you need a minimum of 512 Mb, even more would be better - much better. Depending on the model of G3 iMac, you can put in as much as 1 Gb of physical (built-in) memory and your machine will love it! Tiger will run well with that amount of RAM.

What's even better, you can install the RAM yourself because with the iMac it's a really simple process.

I suggest you download Mactracker, a handy application that tells you about all the models of Mac that were/are ever made and their specifications including how much RAM, hard drive capacity etc.

[shillizzle]

i ve never opened up any kind of computer and expect it to work when i put it back together, are there any tutorials that you know of for someone to install ram themselves??

[VirtualTracy]

Once you tell us which model G3 you have we'll be in a better position to advise you regarding which RAM to purchase and provide you with an appropriate tutorial. Having said that, I'm sure you will be able to add the required RAM yourself as it's generally a straight forward job and user friendly.

You will find the info in "About This Computer".

[shillizzle]

Thanks everyone, i sucessfully installed more ram and now have 768MB but still cant use the install disk to install, I click the desktop icon for the install disk and then i still get the error cant use the install disk as a startup disk (-2)