On Aug 5, 1:17 pm, "Simon D. Williams" <ad...@retro-net.org> wrote:
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Steven Nelson wrote:
First dumb question: Does your iMac have a DVD-ROM drive in it?
No, that is the problem. It has a MATSHITA CR-173 CD-ROM drive. In
other words, CDs only. Catch 22. ;-)
If you have a DVD equipped Mac you can use Firewire target mode to install
Tiger on the iMac. It also works if you have machine-specific install
media and want to install on an unsupported model.
Thanks to Simon and Mark for firewire solution. Catch 23 : the
clamshell iMacG3s do not have Firewire ports. Only USB 1.1 and
Ethernet ports. I never implied this would be easy! ;-) (I also doubt
that Target mode is implemented, but have never checked)
--Steve