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iMac CD Booting for Idiots.
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<blockquote data-quote="Avalon" data-source="post: 87420" data-attributes="member: 5184"><p>Can you find out more information about that iMac, except that it is dark blue? And which OS8 version you have?</p><p></p><p>Because there are several revisions of iMacs, with different minimum requirements concerning the OS.</p><p>The tray-loading iMac Rev. A and B. need a specific 8.1 for the iMac or later</p><p>The tray-loading Rev C. and D. need 8.5 or later</p><p>The 1999 slot-loading needs 8.6 or later</p><p>The summer 2000 slot-loading needs 9.0.4 or later</p><p>The last series, starting 2001, needs 9.1 or later</p><p></p><p>You can find all this information here:</p><p><a href="http://www.lowendmac.com/imacs/index.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.lowendmac.com/imacs/index.shtml</a></p><p></p><p>The tray loading iMac didn't come in Indigo-blue (which is dark blue), that color was only introduced with the slot-loading iMac.</p><p>Rev A-B were only available in Bondi-blue (kind of greenish light blue).</p><p>Rev C-D were available in tangerine (orange), grape (purple), lime (green), blueberry (light blue), and strawberry (light red).</p><p></p><p>I presume that the recovery CD isn't the one that originally came with that iMac, having an older OS version on it than the one needed by that iMac.</p><p>As you stated that Mandrake-CD boots, there's nothing wrong with the iMac itself, as it is able to boot from CD.</p><p>Try to get a copy of a retail OS8.6 or 9.1 version, it should boot up find with either one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Avalon, post: 87420, member: 5184"] Can you find out more information about that iMac, except that it is dark blue? And which OS8 version you have? Because there are several revisions of iMacs, with different minimum requirements concerning the OS. The tray-loading iMac Rev. A and B. need a specific 8.1 for the iMac or later The tray-loading Rev C. and D. need 8.5 or later The 1999 slot-loading needs 8.6 or later The summer 2000 slot-loading needs 9.0.4 or later The last series, starting 2001, needs 9.1 or later You can find all this information here: [url]http://www.lowendmac.com/imacs/index.shtml[/url] The tray loading iMac didn't come in Indigo-blue (which is dark blue), that color was only introduced with the slot-loading iMac. Rev A-B were only available in Bondi-blue (kind of greenish light blue). Rev C-D were available in tangerine (orange), grape (purple), lime (green), blueberry (light blue), and strawberry (light red). I presume that the recovery CD isn't the one that originally came with that iMac, having an older OS version on it than the one needed by that iMac. As you stated that Mandrake-CD boots, there's nothing wrong with the iMac itself, as it is able to boot from CD. Try to get a copy of a retail OS8.6 or 9.1 version, it should boot up find with either one. [/QUOTE]
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