Beige G3 question

[Jonathan Signor]

It's refusing to run because the CD is locked for iMacs (checks the gestalt
ID of the machine before running). You could use "I wish I were" to make it
think it's an iMac, and initializing the HD wouldn't hurt either.

-Jon

> From: Dax Kelson <dax@gurulabs.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 12:13:25 -0600 (MDT)
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Subject: Beige G3 question
> 
> 
> I have a 4GB hard disk with OS 9.0 installed on the entire drive.  I would
> like setup as small as possible Mac OS install just so I can use bootX and
> get into YDL.
> 
> I've found a 8.5 install CD.  When I boot off of the OS 8.5 install cdrom,
> and double click the installer it says:
> 
> "This program cannot run on your computer.  See the documentation for
> more information".
> 
> Is this because I already have OS 9 on the hard drive and I need to
> re-initialize it first?
> 
> Is this because the 8.5 install CD says that it is for iMacs and it is
> detecting that I have a beige G3?
> 
> Any help greatly appreciated.
> 
> Dax
> 
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