Re: iMac G3 external bootup?

PeterD <pd.news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> SteveH <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > PeterD <pd.news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > I have a friend's old Bondi iMac G3 to fix.
>
> > They won't boot from USB, as I discovered when I thought mine had a dead
> > CD drive.
>
> Dang.
>
> > Best thing to do is swap the CD over for a good one or remove the drive
> > and reinstall the OS on another machine.
>
> I don't have another CD drive, so I guess it's digging around to pull
> out the HD. I hope these things are easy to disembowel.

First time they're a right PITA, but once you've done it a couple of
times it's easy.
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