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  1. ClassicII

    Help with burning OS Install CD's & best practices + getting them to boot

    Wow what a great site! Going to give the 8.5 disk image a shot thank you.
  2. ClassicII

    Help with burning OS Install CD's & best practices + getting them to boot

    Hey Guys, I have been trying to get an old powerbook g3 PDQ with out a cd up and running with version 8.1 or 8.6.  While I try and track down a cd rom for the unit I was able to slave the HD to another mac and install OS 8 and that worked great only to find out that it required 8.1. So I tried...
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    PowerBook G3 PDQ - installing OS without a cd drive?

    Thanks! You are right after doing some more looking it seems 8.1 is the first universal installer for all drivers. Looks like the 8.1 update does not include them. I am having all kinds of problems trying to burn a 8.1 or 8.6 retail installer. I can't get the machine to recognize the cd as a...
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    PowerBook G3 PDQ - installing OS without a cd drive?

    Hey guys I am trying to get an OS on my PDQ with out a cd drive. I have used my TAM to install 8.0 to the he then update it to 8.1 (factory installed PDQ 266 version?) When I try to start up the PDQ it says "This startup disk will not work on this Macintosh model. Use the lastest Installer to...
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