ibook and Mac OS X

[ranias]

I just bought an older ibook G3 off someone and along came a Mac OS X CD that is a burned copy of the OS...the guy apprarently didn't have the original CDs for the ibook...so I decided to do a fresh install of the OS...and did a delete and install....but everytime my install finished...I get kernel panic messages when I try to boot my ibook. So a friend gave me Mac OS X for iMac and said I should be able to install the OS from them, but no luck...
I'm new to Mac OS world, so I'm not sure if the OS is specific to every machine, and I don't even know what should work on my ibook now..
any advice?
thanks!

 

[wrldwzrd89]

I just bought an older ibook G3 off someone and along came a Mac OS X CD that is a burned copy of the OS...the guy apprarently didn't have the original CDs for the ibook...so I decided to do a fresh install of the OS...and did a delete and install....but everytime my install finished...I get kernel panic messages when I try to boot my ibook. So a friend gave me Mac OS X for iMac and said I should be able to install the OS from them, but no luck...
I'm new to Mac OS world, so I'm not sure if the OS is specific to every machine, and I don't even know what should work on my ibook now..
any advice?
thanks!

If you get KPs with new Mac OS X installs regardless of the source disk used, odds are that there's a hardware problem with the Mac you're using (in this case, that iBook). Unless you have an Apple Hardware Test CD from another Mac, you're going to have to ask someone else to run the diagnostics on it. The folks at the various Apple Stores can do this for you - go to the Genius Bar.

 

[cluthz]

I have heard that the Imac G5 system cd can't be used on other macs,
but i haven't tested it myself.
Older mac system cds can be used on other computers

 

[Doraemon]

I have heard that the Imac G5 system cd can't be used on other macs,

While that might be true (I don't know), it's irrelevant since it that case, it wouldn't let you install the OS in the first place.

As for the Kernel Panics, my bet is on hardware issues, too.

 

[ranias]

why would it all of a sudden have hardware problems given it was running Mac OS X fine before I tried to reinstall it?
it was functioning well, I even had an airport card installed in it and it worked fine...
the Mac OS X I installed was not the imac version...that one would not even start the install...I used the burned copy...so I was susspecting maybe the burned copy is corrupted or something...but why would it let me finish the install all together?
I also did a disk check/repair while I was trying to do the install...and nothing came back..everything seemed fine.

what kindda hardware problems could be causing this?

thanks

 

[jeremy.king]

What version was it running?

What version are you trying to install?

 

[ranias]

I think it was running 9 and 10.2...and I'm trying to install the same one..