G3 Desktop - no boot to CD

[Pete Lancashire]

I guess whats on the HD is messed up, something about stuffit
and carbonlib not being there.

Maybe best just to take it to GoodWill



On Sat, 2005-01-29 at 22:32, Andrew wrote:
> 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
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