You're right, I have a CD-RW drive.
Turns out there was a Pioneer DVD drive in the iMac, but it was never installed correctly. I could force it open and it would automatically close, but nothing happened after that. So I swapped my old optical drive back in, tried installing Tiger from TDM off...
Yes, it is a flat panel. The iMac was used in education at a local school and has a combo drive in it. Apparently that was standard for the iMacs at this school. I wish it did have a DVD drive as that would make this a lot easier.
I booted the iBook up with the DVD in it and held down "R" so it...
I just recently installed Tiger over target disk mode from my G4 iBook to my 700 mhz G4 iMac. The installation went smoothly, but when I try to boot up the iMac the Apple logo on the gray start up screen is replaced with a crossed out circle (kind of like a do not enter sign.)
I then booted...
Thanks so much for the quick and detailed replies.
The reason I was worried the PS2 keyboard wouldn't work is because I hold down "C" while I reboot with the Tiger disk in the iMac and nothing happens. I thought "C" was the right key to hold down, but I'm probably wrong.
Also, I was worried...
Hello,
I recently did some work to a 15" 700mhz G4 iMac I got as a gift. I put in a new hard drive, DVD burner and an airport card. Now I'm at the point where I need to install Tiger. I have the original owner's disks, but the only form of input I have for the iMac is an old USB keyboard...