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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
ibook G3 boot up issues
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<blockquote data-quote="louishen" data-source="post: 725082" data-attributes="member: 40142"><p>If the seller did not send you the original restore disks you will have to buy retail copies of OS X, make sure they are sold as retail copies, not regular grey restore disks</p><p></p><p>Panther OSX 10.3 and Tiger 10.4 will install on that mac, the latest OS X Leopard 10.5 will not</p><p></p><p>To open the disk drive attach a mouse (any usb mouse will do) and keep the left button pressed on start-up, the left trackpad buttonmay also force the tray to open on start-up</p><p></p><p>Also try keeping the alt key pressed on start up, that will show you any bootable systems on that mac, you may be able to run OS 9 on it and at least get access to disk utility</p><p></p><p>Otherwise its booting up into the terminal if you are happy to try that</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="louishen, post: 725082, member: 40142"] If the seller did not send you the original restore disks you will have to buy retail copies of OS X, make sure they are sold as retail copies, not regular grey restore disks Panther OSX 10.3 and Tiger 10.4 will install on that mac, the latest OS X Leopard 10.5 will not To open the disk drive attach a mouse (any usb mouse will do) and keep the left button pressed on start-up, the left trackpad buttonmay also force the tray to open on start-up Also try keeping the alt key pressed on start up, that will show you any bootable systems on that mac, you may be able to run OS 9 on it and at least get access to disk utility Otherwise its booting up into the terminal if you are happy to try that [/QUOTE]
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