07-17-2006, 02:24 PM

I purchased an iMac g3 350 mhz on ebay to mess around with (this is my first mac). It appears to have been previously owned by a school. It's using the Netware client, and I am unable to access any settings. It didn't come with any install disk, so I can't reinstall OS 9. Is there anything I can do to get past the netware stuff?

Thanks.

07-17-2006, 02:44 PM

You are likely going to need the install disc to get around it. You can find retail versions of OS 9 on eBay for next to nothing. Personally, I would suggest getting a retail versino of OS X to put on that machine.

07-17-2006, 02:47 PM

I'm eventually gonna try to get OSX on here, but I have to get more RAM for that.

btw, how do you boot from CD on a mac?

07-17-2006, 02:56 PM

To boot from a cd, just put the cd in and hold down the [C] key on the keybaord while it's booting

07-17-2006, 02:57 PM

Try holding the C key after the chime. I did read that this one persons 350Mhz iMac would not boot even holding C and he had to hold down Option and select the CD from the menu. Try both right at the Chime and see which works.

Here is a URL with a lot about your machine.

http://www.lowendmac.com/imacs/blue.shtml

Be SURE if you do upgrade the RAM that before you try to install OSX, read that URL carefully and update the Firmware.

07-17-2006, 02:59 PM

Thanks for the link.

I'm going to try booting into linux and deleting everything related to netware, as it will not let me download the firmware update.

07-17-2006, 06:01 PM

After wasting hours trying to burn CD's in Windows that would read on the Mac, I figured out that all I had to do was hold shift to bypass loading extensions.