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Loading OS9

Jul 11, 2005 1:16AM PDT

I have to reinstall my operating systems on my IMac. I currently have 8.6. I have the disk to update to 9.0.4 all the way to 9.2.2 (which is what I had before I had to reinstall everything). My problem is that when I get to the SELECT DESTINATION window my hard drive comes up but the SELECT button is grayed out so I can't select and load it. It says the available disk space is 17399MB and the required disk space for installation is 619MB. I have loaded it before so am I missing something?

System info:
IMac
Processor: Power PC G3
Speed: 233 MHz
Built in memory: 96 MB
I have virtual memory off

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Jul 11, 2005 5:18AM PDT

Why are you back at 8.6 if you have had to reinstall the OS? If, as you say, you have the installation disk for OS 9.0.4 then that is the lowest OS you should be on right now. There is not a single disk, that I know of, that will take you from OS 9.0.4 to OS 9.2.2
Do you get an error message at all if you actually click on the disk icon?
On the first two installer screens, take a look at the "options". Clean install should allow you to install onto any disk, regardless of the current OS.
By the way, what happened that you had to reinstall the OS in the first place?
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Loading OS9
Jul 11, 2005 5:51AM PDT

We had an ice storm that wiped out all of my files on my computer. I had to do a clean install ( I think it started with 8.5). I have updates of 8.6, 9.0.4 to 9.2.2. I was able to update to 8.6 but it will not allow me to update any further. I purchased the update disk about 1.5 years ago and updated my computer to 9.2.2 until the ice storm. The computer is working fine - I just need to update to at least 9.0.4. I do not get any error message at all.

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Jul 11, 2005 6:21AM PDT

The 9.0.4 disk should be bootable.
Insert the CD and restart the machine holding down the "C" key.
That should allow you to do a clean install or to upgrade the 8.6 installation.
There should be no need to go back to the very beginning and reinstall every version of the OS that has ever been on that machine.
You might want to turn ON virtual memory as well. Go to the memory control panel and click on the Defaults button.

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