G3 b&w internet connection issues

[Masterjedi73]

Hi everyone.

I got a g3 today, rev. 2 300 MHz from a school. I can't get it to connect to the Internet. Any ideas? It's running OS 8.6.

I don't think the cd drive works either. Is there a way to update the os without the cd drive?

Thanks for any help.

 

[Masterjedi73]

Also....when i start Internet setup assistant, a box pops up that says that it can't be opened because applescriptlib could not be found.

 

[Masterjedi73]

Nevermind on the Internet. The extensions folder was misplaced. Still need answers on the other question though.

 

[Bunsen]

You should be able to automagically update the OS online, once it's online. What makes you say the CD drive is out?

My suggestion would be to do a clean install of 8.6, or preferably 9.2.2. How much RAM is it packing?

 

[Masterjedi73]

Where would I go to update the os online? I'm very unfamiliar with classic. The last I used was system 6. Lol

The cd drive works. I believe it's packing 128 mb of ram.

 

[Bunsen]

A clean install of 9.anything should automagically update to 9.2.2 after a few rounds of Software Update/reboot/Software Update. IDK id SU is included with 8.6, but it won't update you to 9.x anyway. 9 was a paid upgrade.

Look in Control Panels for Software Update.

IMHO the best thing you can do with that machine is upgrade the RAM as much as you can afford and install OS X 10.3. Also investigate overclocking the CPU and/or picking up a cheap faster G3 ZIF from IC-China on ebay.

 

[Masterjedi73]

Well....i was upgrading to 9.0 and then the power went out! Now I can't boot anything. It won't boot from the CD either, including from open firmware. It STARTS to boot from it, but then I get a flashing floppy disk with a question mark.

If I don't put a cd in, I get a folder with a question mark and the finder icon (alternating).

help?

 

[Bunsen]

That sounds ... not good. 8-o

Do you have any other Macs that take IDE/ATA drives? All I can suggest is re-formatting the drive on another machine and reinstalling the OS there (select Custom-For any Mac) then moving it back to the B&W

 

[Masterjedi73]

I'll try that tomorrow. They all have leopard so I'll have to install an earlier system on them.

I have a set of bootable OSX CDs (10.0) and they work because I tried them on my iBook Clamshell to be sure....but the B&W still won't see them. I really hope I'm just missing something.

any ideas?

Matt

 

[Masterjedi73]

Can i install the os on a g4 and then just move the hard drive to the g3? ...or is the install machine specific?

 

[Masterjedi73]

I fixed it! It was a bad ram stick. Lol

Thanks for your help.

Matt