imac won't boot from CD

[cgidebi]

Hello,
I tried to install os x on my imac... got partly through and decided that I needed to update os 9 first, so I stopped the process. Then I put the CD into the drive to boot from the CD to install os 9 and get the following error:

bootr, unknown word
failed to boot

Can someone help?

It won't boot at all from any CD or any operating system

 

[Chuck12563]

Try shutting down, then turn it on and hold down the "c" key on the keyboard--keep it held down until you see the startup screen. That will force the iMac to boot from the CD.

Chuck

 

[flipperc]

CGIDEBI,
Did you get this to work?

If not, let us know the iMac you have & What OS X you are installing? (OX 10.3 Panther?)

 

[flipperc]

CGIDEBI,
Did you get this to work?

If not, let us know the iMac you have & What OS X you are installing? (OSX 10.3 Panther?)

 

[cgidebi]

Thanks for the suggestions, but we did hold the C key to boot from a CD and that gave us the firmware screen where the "bootr" appeared.

We followed a number of steps that I found on the internet to try and fix it. Resetting Pram, updating the firmware, etc. We had it working and not working, working and not working.

There was too much danger of frying something, so we took it to a shop. It was fixed in an hour.

But thanks for the help.