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<blockquote data-quote="Avalon" data-source="post: 87293" data-attributes="member: 5184">Sounds like the CDs you're using aren't bootable. Either they are copies, which, if not done the right way (like your ILLEGAL OS X copy! Sorry, couldn't resist ;-) ) are not bootable, or, if you're using the original discs, they are faulty. I had that same problem with an original 10.0 CD.If the CD is bootable (like your Mandrake CD obviously is) holding C while booting with the CD in the drive will boot from CD. If it doesn't show up in the boot menu (I guess you mean the menu when holding alt while booting) it is not bootable.As you don't have a system on the HD anyway, it will even boot from a bootable CD without pressing any key, as the Mac always tries all available drives to find a system to boot with.And you should have formated it on a Mac, using the Mac's HFS filesystem. I'm not sure if you can install OS8 (which you mentioned) on a PC formated HD. Especially not if it is NTFS formated, which is not writeable for Macs, not even with OS X.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Avalon, post: 87293, member: 5184"] Sounds like the CDs you're using aren't bootable. Either they are copies, which, if not done the right way (like your ILLEGAL OS X copy! Sorry, couldn't resist ;-) ) are not bootable, or, if you're using the original discs, they are faulty. I had that same problem with an original 10.0 CD. If the CD is bootable (like your Mandrake CD obviously is) holding C while booting with the CD in the drive will boot from CD. If it doesn't show up in the boot menu (I guess you mean the menu when holding alt while booting) it is not bootable. As you don't have a system on the HD anyway, it will even boot from a bootable CD without pressing any key, as the Mac always tries all available drives to find a system to boot with. And you should have formated it on a Mac, using the Mac's HFS filesystem. I'm not sure if you can install OS8 (which you mentioned) on a PC formated HD. Especially not if it is NTFS formated, which is not writeable for Macs, not even with OS X. [/QUOTE]

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