OS 9 help

richman241 · 01-18-2006, 06:51 PM

I have an Imac G3 running OS 9.2.2. I bought grey discs online that say eMac. The seller said that they were universal, but whenever I put the CD in and click on the icon that said Install OS X it says to start the installation process, I need to restart the computer. Whenever I restart, nothing happens, but when I click on the icon again, the same thing comes up. Please help me!!!!

sinclair_tm · 01-18-2006, 11:28 PM

does the cd say universal install? if not then it will only work on the emac. also, is your firmware up to date? i know on some of the g3 imacs the firmware had to updated before installing os x. as far as the cds go, apple once upon a time would include a restore cd, and a universal os install cd, but now i think they only include a os install cd keyed to the mac listed on the cd. so the emac cd may be from a newer emac, and therefore not install on other macs. but check your firmware.

richman241 · 01-19-2006, 08:31 AM

I have no idea how to update my firmwear.

shuuhen · 01-19-2006, 11:19 PM

What model of iMac do you have? I can usually figure this out with the speed (MHz), if the CD is slot-loading (instead of the tray) and the color.

01-18-2006, 06:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
richman241 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3 OS: Macintosh OS 9	OS 9 help I have an Imac G3 running OS 9.2.2. I bought grey discs online that say eMac. The seller said that they were universal, but whenever I put the CD in and click on the icon that said Install OS X it says to start the installation process, I need to restart the computer. Whenever I restart, nothing happens, but when I click on the icon again, the same thing comes up. Please help me!!!!

01-19-2006, 08:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
richman241 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3 OS: Macintosh OS 9	I have no idea how to update my firmwear.

01-19-2006, 11:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
shuuhen Manager Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 988 OS: Mac OS 9.1, Mac OS X 10.5.8, WinXP Pro, FreeBSD 6.0, Gentoo Linux My System	What model of iMac do you have? I can usually figure this out with the speed (MHz), if the CD is slot-loading (instead of the tray) and the color.