Setting up Mac G3 running OS-X ??

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Etop Udoh - 24 Dec 2005 03:09 GMT

I just pick up 2 Mac G3's. One is running OS-X, and the other
OS 9.2. The one with OS-X has a long list of users and I don't
have any of the passwords to access or reset any of them.

Is there any backdoor in Mac OS-X where I can reset everything
to default like a new install or at least create an account so
that I can log into the machine.

The one with OS 9.2 is fine but I would like to use the one with
OS X because of the features it has.

I have Mac OS X upgrade CD's if they would help me in this
situation...jaguar I believe...

I have a couple of I-Macs as well but more interested in the G3's
since I could probably upgrade them if I need to.

As far as the G3's are concerned (I'm using Nec Multisync Monitors
with them)...only the Mac video cards with my little Mac II to VGA
converters seem to work...the standard PCI VGA cards don't display
anything - what gives ??

Any help for an old Mac newbie would be appreciated....

thanks...

Etop Udoh
sdruid11@yahoo.com
sdruid11@bellsouth.net

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Bob Harris - 24 Dec 2005 12:36 GMT

> I just pick up 2 Mac G3's. One is running OS-X, and the other
> OS 9.2. The one with OS-X has a long list of users and I don't
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> sdruid11@yahoo.com
> sdruid11@bellsouth.net

boot from the MacOSX installation CD

One of the menu items should allow you to reset passwords, or at
least activate root. With root you can do anything to any other
account.

After you are done playing with root, many people, including
Apple, would suggest you deactivate root, again using the
installation CD.

You might want to see if you can pick up a copy of Panther (Mac OS
X 10.3), as that is a better, faster and more stable version which
you can get very cheaply. Tiger (10.4) the current latest and
greatest may have issues with some of the older systems. You
should check the system requirements of Tiger before plunging into
that version. But Panther was a very good release that runs on
many G3 Macs (and there is software that can even get older Macs
to run MacOSX).

Bob Harris

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Etop Udoh - 24 Dec 2005 19:35 GMT

>> I just pick up 2 Mac G3's. One is running OS-X, and the other
>>OS 9.2. The one with OS-X has a long list of users and I don't
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> Bob Harris

how do you boot a Mac G3 from the cdrom drive ?

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vze35xda@verizon.net - 24 Dec 2005 19:44 GMT

Insert the disk in the drive reboot the system and hold down the C (the
letter) key while it boots.

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Etop Udoh - 24 Dec 2005 19:47 GMT

How do I boot a Mac G3 from the cdrom drive ??

thanks..

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