[G4] Panther or Tiger?

[John Baltutis]

On 02/15/06,  "Computerman" <computerman at nycap.rr.com>wrote:
>
> Thanks everyone for al the replies. What I want to do is run various
> programs that call for classic on OS X Panther. I should have stated that
> this is an iMac G3 that I bought for my granddaughter. We want to be able to
> have her run educational software like Poo Bear and such. Every time we
> insert a disk it calls for classic, and of course when we try to run classic
> in the system preferences it stated that it is not installed. I read
> somewhere on the net that all I had to do was to install the OS 9 system
> folder. I cannot find where I read that unfortunately. Also to complicate
> matters when we insert OS 9 and hold down the c key it does nothing. The
> computer just freezes at a blank grey screen.

I assume that "Š when we insert OS 9 Š" means the OS 9 install disk. If so,
then check the disk and make sure that it's clean as a whistle and doesn't have
scratches, run a lens cleaner on the computer's CD/DVD device, and pop the disk
in, launch Disk Utility, and do a checksum on the disk (Images->Checksum). If
none of that works, then report back.