How do I install OS 8.5 on OS X 10.3 clamshell iBook?

[mvallance]

Hello.

I have an iBook G3 clamshell Graphite edition running OS X 10.3.

I want to revert back to OS 8.5. I have the CD disk installer (an original).

But when I insert the disk I cannot install the OS. 

How do I install 8.5 please?

Michael

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[TheWhiteFalcon]

Minimum OS for the second gen iBook Clamshell is 9.0.4.

The original model was 8.6 or higher.

 

[rezwits]

what white falcon said

 

[CC_333]

Could 8.5 be used on the 1st gen iBooks if the later Mac OS ROM file from 8.6+ is used?

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[mvallance]

 I have OS 9 CD (and 9.1 somewhere).

The CD is ejected when I try to install OS so how do I actually install?

Thanks.

 

[Byrd]

The optical drives on Clamshells (the same in iMacs) are prone to failure - try burning a CD-R of the disc, or use an external FW drive (if it had FW)

Lastly why 8.5 on a PPC Mac?  It's flaky, crash-prone and uses a lot of legacy 68K code - 8.6 and above were largely native PPC.

 

[mvallance]

It has Firewire so I will try that.

Reason: I have OS X on new Macs so I want to have at least 1 Mac with OS 8.5 or 9. I will opt for OS 9.

After  that I hope to install PodRacer game, QTVR and Hypercard, maybe even Newton Connection kit if compatible ... all for demo purposes.