Hey there,
I just bought an old grape imac g3, running at 333Mhz with 160MB ram and a 8.5GB hard drive. I just performed a fresh install of OS 9.2, but on reboot I just get that oh-so-annoying flashing question mark/mac logo. I tried booting from the cd and reblessing the system as I read on various posts by dragging the system folder to the desktop and back again. Ialso tried resetting pram using Control, option, P-F (or mac button... whichever it is.. it beeped 4 times before I stopped), tried resetting nram and reset-all in Open Firmware.... I'm pretty sure I've tried almost everything out there, but it still refused to boot from the hard drive. I'm pretty sure the drive is good, because everything still seems to be on it once I boot back up with the cd. The ONLY thing I'm still wondering about is the battery, because this is an older machine the battery may not be any good in it. But I don't know if it should still be able to boot without a good battery if I haven't unplugged it.
Anyways, I bought this as a Christmas present for my little sister who is thinking about getting a mac laptop for college, I figured this would be a good chance to learn the operating system before she heads out and buys one just before leaving for college.
Thanks a lot!
Nathan
I just bought an old grape imac g3, running at 333Mhz with 160MB ram and a 8.5GB hard drive. I just performed a fresh install of OS 9.2, but on reboot I just get that oh-so-annoying flashing question mark/mac logo. I tried booting from the cd and reblessing the system as I read on various posts by dragging the system folder to the desktop and back again. Ialso tried resetting pram using Control, option, P-F (or mac button... whichever it is.. it beeped 4 times before I stopped), tried resetting nram and reset-all in Open Firmware.... I'm pretty sure I've tried almost everything out there, but it still refused to boot from the hard drive. I'm pretty sure the drive is good, because everything still seems to be on it once I boot back up with the cd. The ONLY thing I'm still wondering about is the battery, because this is an older machine the battery may not be any good in it. But I don't know if it should still be able to boot without a good battery if I haven't unplugged it.
Anyways, I bought this as a Christmas present for my little sister who is thinking about getting a mac laptop for college, I figured this would be a good chance to learn the operating system before she heads out and buys one just before leaving for college.
Thanks a lot!
Nathan