[G4] G4 will not accept OSX

[Wayne Wilkin]

Dumb question, but is it a dvd drive?
 
On Thursday, November 10, 2005, at 02:19PM, Bob Schmidt <bob58523 at charter.net> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Did that, no luck. It still came back with the flashing "?" on the disk.
>
>Thanks,
>Bob
>
>
>On 11/10/05 12:29 PM, "Harry Freeman" <harry at gifutiger.com> wrote:
>
>> Greetings ( + )!( + )
>> 
>> On Nov 10, 2005, at 7:05 AM, Bob Schmidt wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> How can you install os 9 after installing os X? I have tried to boot
>>> my G4
>>> AGP with the os 9.1 disk and it will not boot when holding down the
>>> "c" key.
>>> All I get is the flashing disk icon with the question mark.  I have os
>>> 10.4.3 installed and running fine. But I need to upgrade my firmware
>>> so that
>>> I can install my G4 upgrade card. The firmware update only runs in os
>>> 9. Any
>>> help would be greatly appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bob
>> 
>> Place the CD in the drive and then go to the System Preferences menu
>> and select "Startup Disk" Once the operating system has worked it way
>> through all of the disk and located all of the system files that are
>> available they will be displayed. Then choose the disk that you want as
>> a start-up.
>> 
>> 
>> Best Regards, /\*_*/\
>> 
>> Harry (*^_^*)
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