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iMac G4 17" (Summer 2002) Software Restore / Install Discs + Apple Hardware Test

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Category:	Operating Systems
Year released:	2002
Author:	Apple
Publisher:	Apple

[www]_.se [ftp]_.se [mirror]_.us [mirror]_.de
Software_Restore_1.cdr (646.52 MB)
MD5: c34adab31ed881ea15afac06182dbd35
For Mac OS X

[www]_.se [ftp]_.se [mirror]_.us [mirror]_.de
Software_Restore_2.cdr (646.52 MB)
MD5: a6bdb7791dbf3f36a50841f7660bb508
For Mac OS X

[www]_.se [ftp]_.se [mirror]_.us [mirror]_.de
Software_Restore_3.cdr (646.52 MB)
MD5: 0cff5f84c0a7bcc3c1937f9ca925aa0a
For Mac OS X

[www]_.se [ftp]_.se [mirror]_.us [mirror]_.de
Software_Restore_4.cdr (646.52 MB)
MD5: 0d3e98629752e2dd8482872ba5aa92c3
For Mac OS X

[www]_.se [ftp]_.se [mirror]_.us [mirror]_.de
Software_Restore_5.cdr (646.52 MB)
MD5: 6e2599e3fae0c7e64693e00c9b3351f9
For Mac OS X

[www]_.se [ftp]_.se [mirror]_.us [mirror]_.de
Mac_OS_X_Install_Disc_1.cdr (624.23 MB)
MD5: 92e18aa8ccdb15446c937b4e152c084d
For Mac OS X

[www]_.se [ftp]_.se [mirror]_.us [mirror]_.de
Mac_OS_X_Install_Disc_2.cdr (347.77 MB)
MD5: f8f320af7e3a53692ea040b6ce8ee3a0
For Mac OS X

[www]_.se [ftp]_.se [mirror]_.us [mirror]_.de
Apple_Hardware_Test.cdr (29.52 MB)
MD5: c42caa9d9726bf0fd121798182aabda5
For Mac OS X

[www]_.se [ftp]_.se [mirror]_.us [mirror]_.de
0342069.PDF

Emulation
Guides on emulating older applications

Apple Software Restore/Install Discs + AHT, originally shipped with the iMac G4 17" Flat Panel (Summer 2002).

Includes Mac OS 9.2.2, Mac OS X 10.2, and preinstalled applications like games, AppleWorks 6, and iLife '02.

Compatibility
Architecture: PPC

iMac G4 17" Flat Panel (800 MHz, Summer 2002)

Comments

by JunkRat - 2020, November 25 - 10:42am

I was using DVD-R, I transferred the images via HD to the iMac itself and tried to burn them from there.
After burning it recognises them as blank. I think the drive itself is to blame. It can't seem to read brunt DVD's, but can play audio CD's and video DVD's just fine.

by MikeTomTom - 2020, November 12 - 10:46pm

@res6jya6: These are CD images, not DVD. But I can't offer any suggestion as a solution for JunkRat, either.

by res6jya6 - 2020, November 12 - 5:53pm

I may have accidentally replied to the thread rather than your specific comment - make sure you are using DVD-R discs as DVD+R is not recognized in the iMac G4 models.

by res6jya6 - 2020, November 12 - 5:50pm

What type of media did you use? The iMac G4 can only recognize DVD-R discs, not DVD+R...

by JunkRat - 2020, November 12 - 3:31pm

Hmmm. I burnt these using a 2016 MacBook Pro with the external superdrive. Everything went smooth and I can read them on the MacBook.
However, when I move across to the iMac, it seems to recognise them as blank CD's!!! Any ideas?

by z970 - 2020, September 1 - 12:25am

Anything for immaculate preservation.

by MikeTomTom - 2020, August 31 - 1:15am

Yes. Thanks for the re-imaged files z970! Very much appreciated to get these.

by PuffyRainbowCloud - 2020, August 30 - 2:06pm

We have success! It won't boot off of a USB drive but burning the first OS X install disc allowed me to install the entire chain of following discs I'd already burned! Thank you very much for archiving these. It's incredibly helpful for me.

by z970 - 2020, August 30 - 6:51am

All fixed.

by MikeTomTom - 2020, August 29 - 1:09am

@z970: Thanks for looking into it. - Set to CD Master if using the Disk Utility to rip, would be nice.

by z970 - 2020, August 28 - 9:53pm

Sorry guys, inexperience is to blame for this one.

I'll regenerate the images again as soon as I can, this time set to 'read-only'!

by PuffyRainbowCloud - 2020, August 15 - 5:45am

Well, that absolutely stinks... I may have managed to source these from a guy here in Sweden. He's promised to image them and send the images to me over the weekend. I'll try putting them on a USB drive and install from there before I spend any more CDs, though... If they do end up working I'll make sure to upload them!

by MikeTomTom - 2020, August 15 - 1:47am

Anyone else able to confirm whether or not these images are working?

There may be an issue with this install set being unusable.

When creating the images, the person who created them had allowed the image to be mounted onto a desktop, unlocked. - So the Finder has written to the image with modified date and time stamps, etc.

This tends to make an OS X install disc unusable as a start-up disc.

I mention "image" singular, as I only looked at Install Disc 1 (which is the all important bootable disc image here).
It does not appear to be bootable and was rejected (spat out of the drive) when I attempted to start up from it.

Likely, these (or at the very least, this one) should be done again and replaced.

by fogWraith - 2020, August 14 - 11:04am

Anyone else able to confirm whether or not these images are working?

by PuffyRainbowCloud - 2020, August 13 - 6:51am

I gave up on the original OS X install images and decided to install Tiger instead. I've burned and run the Software Restore discs on Tiger and they do practically nothing. The first disc installs a software restore application. It asks me to insert a disc with a certain symbol (disc one in this case). I do that and absolutely nothing happens. These images are a waste of time and discs, unfortunately. Nothing here works when burned or mounted. Get a classic system folder elsewhere.

by PuffyRainbowCloud - 2020, August 11 - 5:04pm

The OS X Install discs didn't work on mine. It won't show up in the boot menu nor will it boot from them from within OS X or by holding C during power on. Anyone have any ideas as to why?