I put Tiger on a 233mhz with 384mb of ram; running great. I can't remember how I did it though: I think it was a hard drive from a 350 non firewire iMac g3 that had tiger on it. You should be fine; the ram may slow you down a bit.
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ORIGINAL iMac - installing OSX
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ok so you just changed the HD's over and it worked?? too bad mine isnt that easy hahaha.
I think it worked because it had been through the firmware sequence in the previous iMac G3.
I do have to tell you, I have upgraded about twenty of those machines and I never figured out what all the firmware stuff was about and it never stopped me from putting either Panther or Tiger on the machines.
Hold in the powerbutton and reset the pram, too.
I do have to tell you, I have upgraded about twenty of those machines and I never figured out what all the firmware stuff was about and it never stopped me from putting either Panther or Tiger on the machines.
Hold in the powerbutton and reset the pram, too.
the firmware is already up to date, i just checked it with the latest firmware from apple. updating to 9.2.2 then ill try XPostFacto again.
gah ok i am running 9.2.1 (couldnt be bothered going to 9.2.2) when i boot up OSX Tiger holding "C" it boots fine, but wont let me install (not officially supported, but it doesnt fit my next point).
when i try install using XPostFacto it says the Tiger CD is "not a bootable device"...
it doesnt make sense..ideas?
when i try install using XPostFacto it says the Tiger CD is "not a bootable device"...
it doesnt make sense..ideas?
I did the same Sorta. Except i used an eMac g4 and put the hd in a 350 n/a FW imac g3 and worked perfectly fine, and runs garage band and firefox etc great with 192mb of ram :
finally got XPost to work by resetting the PRAM, it installed its stuff, it restarted and gives me a big grey cross sign in the middle, somewhat like a "No entry" sign or something.
gotta figure out how to fix this..
gotta figure out how to fix this..
orright! i have finally got OSX installed, but it will not boot.
for anyone who needs to know, i created two partitions - one for OS9 and one for OSX.
OS9 is working perfectly, about to update it to 9.2.2 so that it stops freezing on me!!
does anyone have any ideas why OSX will not boot for me? all it does is give me a grey screen, i have to pull the power cable out because the power button doesnt work! uh oh.
for anyone who needs to know, i created two partitions - one for OS9 and one for OSX.
OS9 is working perfectly, about to update it to 9.2.2 so that it stops freezing on me!!
does anyone have any ideas why OSX will not boot for me? all it does is give me a grey screen, i have to pull the power cable out because the power button doesnt work! uh oh.
ok im back here after a few days of intense work.
i still get a grey screen on OSX, does anybody have any idea why its not booting??
i still get a grey screen on OSX, does anybody have any idea why its not booting??
You could edit the installer…
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20051211074138859&lsrc=osxh
Btw, I would try with an 8 gig partition.
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20051211074138859&lsrc=osxh
Btw, I would try with an 8 gig partition.
hey Reefy, thanks for the link! ive modifyed the disc and will try it this sarvo. hhmm i guess ill have to try the 8gb partition, just install the OS onto it. im guessing it will have to be Partition 1 in Disk Util wont it.