Operating System - Problem

[SamHale]

Hello,

We recently bought a second-hand IMAC for work purposes, unfortunately it doesn't appear to have an operating system already installed.

When switched on we get what appears to be a small flashing folder, with a smaller black question mark. (We assume this means there is no OS as we cannot do anything at this point)

We downloaded a MAC OS, which we burnt onto a CD, but now we cannot get the IMAC to recognise the CD. Is there a special shortcut to book from CD before it trys to load the OS ?

Many thanks,
Sam.

 

[jimbopalmer]

There is no legal version of the Mac OS you can download that would run a mac as new as a iMac. (The last free version is 7.5.5, on floppies, which a iMac can't use)

I suggest ebaying a MacOS 9 CD, there are free updates to 9.22

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