G3 Desktop - no boot to CD

[Andrew]

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 21:50:29 -0800
Pete Lancashire <pete5520 at pdxeng.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> New to Mac but not Linux.
> 
> I was given a G3 that I can not get to boot to its CDROM
> 
> What I know about it so far is the back lable has on it
> "PowerPC G3 300 Mhz 1MB Cache 64MB/6GB HD/24x CD/Zip"
> When booted it has OS 8, and 192 MB of RAM.
> 
> I downloaded onto my x86 Linux box the 4 YD CD's, and burned
> the ISO's. But I can not get the Mac to boot to the CD.
> 
> I've tried holding down the "C" key and after booting
> into OS 8, changing the boot disk to the CDROM.
> 
> No matter what it boots to the HD.
> 
> Any suggestions would be welcome
> 
> thanks,
> 
> -pete
> 

Just follow these instructions: http://www.yellowdog-board.com/viewtopic.php?t=339