FireWire clamshell problem?

[Nicknakashima]

So I got a free iBook G3 Clamshell. It is the Indigo model and it has FireWire. The only problem is that when i switched the hard drives out for a bigger one. Once I remembered that the bigger HD was actually dead, I put the original iBook one in. It doesn't detect a system folder and the HD doesn't look like it's being read or written to at all. So far I'm stuck right now with an iBook with no OS on it.

 

[bobesch]

You may get OS9 or OSX Panther or Tiger at MacintoshGarden to build a bootable DVD, if you don't have any original installation CDs/DVD.

 

[Nicknakashima]

You may get OS9 or OSX Panther or Tiger at MacintoshGarden to build a bootable DVD, if you don't have any original installation CDs/DVD.

How could I make it. This is my only PPC mac and how would I make it on an Intel iMac?

 

[bobesch]

How could I make it. This is my only PPC mac and how would I make it on an Intel iMac?

Oh, I guess just download any image file and burn a bootable DVD...

 

[eyoungren]

How could I make it. This is my only PPC mac and how would I make it on an Intel iMac?

Just download the disk image and then use Disk Utility to burn the image to a CD or DVD. The fact that the burning is being done on an Intel Mac doesn't matter.

 

[bobesch]

Just download the disk image and then use Disk Utility to burn the image to a CD or DVD. The fact that the burning is being done on an Intel Mac doesn't matter.

Thanks for proving me right! I haven't actually done that before ... 😀

 

[Nicknakashima]

Just download the disk image and then use Disk Utility to burn the image to a CD or DVD. The fact that the burning is being done on an Intel Mac doesn't matter.

Oh, okay. I thought you needed the Mac OS 9 disk drivers to burn it