MonkeyJamboree
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hello, i'm new here... i just recieved a Bondi Blue 233MHz Revision B iMac from someone my wife works with. Originally, it had OS 8.6 on it, but no install discs or anything... i borrowed some from a friend. anyway, i was able to get networking up and running, and decided to upgrade to OSX if possible, and OS 9.2.2 if not. Well, as always, i researched this before attempting anything, and i found out that i had to do updates before i could try to install OSX. i downloaded all three updates (firmware, cd-rom, and modem), and only needed to update the modem. the rest were up-to-date according to the software.
Anyway, after that, i figured i was safe, so i decided to do a clean boot on another hdd with osx or os9... i took apart the imac (being computer hw literate, i knew how), removed the old 4gb hdd, checked out my memory and video situation, etc... and replaced the old hdd with a 40GB that i planned to partition with osx's drive format thing (whatever it's called). after putting it together and trying to boot, it does nothing but spin up the cd drive (with whatever version of os i have in there), blinking a question mark followed by a mac icon. i tried holding down the C button to boot from cd, that didnt work. tried holding down command+option+p+r to reset PRAM, that didnt work. i even put back in the original hdd (that i had NOT touched since i took it out, before trying to install anything), and still no go. The only other computer i have is a P2-class celeron 433, and my friend's P2 400, so netbooting isn't an option (unless i'm just unaware of a way to do it. Can anyone help figure out how to get this thing booting?
Anyway, after that, i figured i was safe, so i decided to do a clean boot on another hdd with osx or os9... i took apart the imac (being computer hw literate, i knew how), removed the old 4gb hdd, checked out my memory and video situation, etc... and replaced the old hdd with a 40GB that i planned to partition with osx's drive format thing (whatever it's called). after putting it together and trying to boot, it does nothing but spin up the cd drive (with whatever version of os i have in there), blinking a question mark followed by a mac icon. i tried holding down the C button to boot from cd, that didnt work. tried holding down command+option+p+r to reset PRAM, that didnt work. i even put back in the original hdd (that i had NOT touched since i took it out, before trying to install anything), and still no go. The only other computer i have is a P2-class celeron 433, and my friend's P2 400, so netbooting isn't an option (unless i'm just unaware of a way to do it. Can anyone help figure out how to get this thing booting?