Installing Mac OSX from a blank Hard drive?

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Hi,

I've got a G3 mac that someone gave me without a HDD.
I've put a HDD in and got a copy of OSX Tiger and tried to install it by booting from the DVD like one would in Windows or Linux.

However, it won't seem to boot. I just get this funny mac-like icon on the screen that won't do anything. The info that I got with the DVD doesn't mention how to install from a blank HDD.

I'm completely new to Macs so any advice on how to get the OS installed would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers
Ives
 
Remember that you're going to need at least 256 MiB RAM to run Tiger at decent speed. Most G3 iMacs didn't come with this much so you might wish to upgrade if you're in that sort of condition.

EDIT: This might seem obvious but be sure you have the requisite DVD drive if you're installing from a DVD.
 
Hi,

Thanks for the tips. :)
Yes, I upgraded the ram to about 380mb or thereabout and I do have a DVD drive in the box.


Cheers
Ives
 
Tiger also requires Firewire.. although there are ways round that if you need to.

Runs great on the 400Mhz G3 iMac I bought for my sister :)
 
I installed Panther on our G3 imac as Tiger wouldn't work. I'd suggest getting Panter on there instead of Tiger.
 
Tiger actually runs better on my G3 that Panther did.. they did a good job of optimisation in Tiger it seems.

If you want to install it on a machine without firewire then you can use XPostFacto
 
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