Mac OS install issues

[k4p84]

Hi all

I have taken apart the little ibook and replaced the broken optical drive and upgraded the HDD.

I have a couple of OS X disk courtesy of Rastalovich.

I popped a 10.4 disk in and but i get nowhere. I get a grey screen with a folder that flashes.

Now I am fine with PC etc but this is the first Mac i have played with ever so its a tad of a learning curve.

I have read a couple of things:

I may need to format the HDD

I need to create a less than 8 gb partition

I need to use some key combos upon boot to get anywhere

So can anyone give me a guide to getting an os on?

I have an external optical drive ready incase the new ibook one i popped in is not recognised etc.

All help is appreciated guys

[Rastalovich]

If the discs are coming up with a screen that looks like a frozen backdrop with text running over it - the restore discs u have won't run on the ibook. Pretty much forget them tbh.

In terms of formating, once u have an install disc, it'll boot to a kinda Mac OS lite desktop which has a bunch of utilities in the menu bar at the top. One being DiskUtility, which will do all the required formatting for u. U'll need to use Apple-Partitioning rather thatn GUID or MBR cos of the PPC chipset. (once ur in DiskUtility it's simple to follow)

Ur problem seems to be exactly that tho, u either need the correct restore disk for ur ibook or a retail copy of Tiger (I don't think the ppc cpu in a g3 is up to Leopard, only some G4s can iirc)

As for startup keys, here's a link to one of the lists, couldn't find the one I used to look at in support. Terminoligy is very similar to windows.

http://face.centosprime.com/macosxw/...-boot-options/

Wonder if an Apple store would supply u with a set of restore disks for ur model?

U could ofc google Linux ppc Gentoo? (I think) just to install it to see if it works ok.

[Jim]

I think you need to hold down the 'alt' (or maybe cmd) key while starting. It should then give you a boot menu.

[k4p84]

Cheers i'll try some things out when i get in.