I have a iMac G3 with the following specs:
500 MHz G3
1GB ram
80GB HD
DVD-ROM drive
Firmware 4.1.9f1
Currently has OS X 10.4.11 installed
Hard drive does have OS 9 drivers installed
I'm trying to install OS 9. I have what is supposed to be the bootable disc, but no matter what I do the computer will not boot from it. Inside OS X the disc is readable and works fine. I've tried holding down the C key at boot, but it just goes into OS X. I've tried holding the option key at boot, but it only shows the hard drive as an option. I've tried the shift-option-apple-delete combo but this gives me the folder with a question mark. I tried putting the original 20GB hard drive back in, but this didn't change anything. The pram battery is dead, could this make a difference? I'm really stuck here, help please!
If needed, the original specs of the computer are:
500 MHz G3
128MB RAM
20GB HD
CD-RW drive
(500/IN/128/20/CDRW/ULTRA/56K/FW/VGA printed on the bottom label)
Firmware was 4.1.7, and had OS 9 and OS X 10.2 when I acquired this machine.
500 MHz G3
1GB ram
80GB HD
DVD-ROM drive
Firmware 4.1.9f1
Currently has OS X 10.4.11 installed
Hard drive does have OS 9 drivers installed
I'm trying to install OS 9. I have what is supposed to be the bootable disc, but no matter what I do the computer will not boot from it. Inside OS X the disc is readable and works fine. I've tried holding down the C key at boot, but it just goes into OS X. I've tried holding the option key at boot, but it only shows the hard drive as an option. I've tried the shift-option-apple-delete combo but this gives me the folder with a question mark. I tried putting the original 20GB hard drive back in, but this didn't change anything. The pram battery is dead, could this make a difference? I'm really stuck here, help please!
If needed, the original specs of the computer are:
500 MHz G3
128MB RAM
20GB HD
CD-RW drive
(500/IN/128/20/CDRW/ULTRA/56K/FW/VGA printed on the bottom label)
Firmware was 4.1.7, and had OS 9 and OS X 10.2 when I acquired this machine.