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Apple Computing Products:
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Need help with an Apple iMac G3 (will not boot from CD-ROM drive.
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<blockquote data-quote="hughvane" data-source="post: 1013093" data-attributes="member: 56231"><p>Certainly a possibility, but the OP says "I've used both the hard drive and optical drives before". That in itself isn't a guarantee that the optical hasn't since 'died'.</p><p></p><p>That iMac model has firewire, so ........</p><p></p><p>To confusedtechguy, can you get hold of an external optical drive and connect it via firewire to the iMac? Put the OS 9 boot disk in the external unit. Then, go through the iMac reboot procedure with Option held down to see if the it will hook up to the external unit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hughvane, post: 1013093, member: 56231"] Certainly a possibility, but the OP says "I've used both the hard drive and optical drives before". That in itself isn't a guarantee that the optical hasn't since 'died'. That iMac model has firewire, so ........ To confusedtechguy, can you get hold of an external optical drive and connect it via firewire to the iMac? Put the OS 9 boot disk in the external unit. Then, go through the iMac reboot procedure with Option held down to see if the it will hook up to the external unit. [/QUOTE]
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