iMac G5 rolling back from Leopard to 10.3

[bmcgonag]

I have a client who has given me his iMac G5. He needs to roll back from Leopard to 10.3. He has the original disks that shipped with the iMac (10.3), and a set of 10.3 that he bought as well. I have tried Disc 1 from both sets, and the Apple logo comes up when I boot to the disc, but then it just freezes. It runs Leopard, and boots from the HDD fine.

I have 3 macs (all Intel), is there any other solution to rolling this back for him?

Thanks,

Brian

 

[300D]

Only the original iMac G5 can use 10.3, the later two require 10.4 minimum.

There is no reason to downgrade, Leopard is best for G5 models.

 

[bmcgonag]

He has some need for the OS9 compatibility for his business software still. Apparently Leopard doesn't offer this.

 

[AppleNewton]

doesnt 10.4 offer OS9?
maybe find a cheap version of that...or just tell him to upgrade?

 

[300D]

Agreed, tell him to upgrade his 10 year old software. There isn't anything OSX apps can't do that OS9 could.

 

[wordoflife]

10.4 supports Classic Mode (OS 9) so tell him to buy that and install it