Trying to install OS X 10.4 Tiger on my Blue and White G3

[Shawn]

I am having a problem getting OS X to install on my Blue and White G3. pic

Since the pics turned out blurry it says this:

An error occurred.
"Startup Disk was unable to select the install CD as the startup disk. (-2)"

I am using the CD version of OS X tiger since I don't have a dvd drive on the Mac. I found a page on Apple's site that just says to boot from the cd by holding C. I have tried booting from the CD but when the computer starts up it reads from the cd-rom drive for a minute or so then just stops. The monitor says there is no signal. It appears to be crashing when it tries to boot off the cd. Any suggestions?

 

[starwarsdad]

I think you can initiate the install routine from within the OS and just have it reboot and start the setup routine.

Holding C at boot is the way to get a Mac to boot to CD, but I have come across machines that exhibited the same problems you are seeing.

 

[Shawn]

I got it to work by doing this:

If the startup does not work, try shutting it down and push the Power button again, holding down the APPLE, OPTION, O (not zero), and F keys at the same time until a white screen appears. Then type the following at the prompt (press return after each line):


reset-nvram
set-defaults
reset-all