how do i upgrade to os 9 from os 8.5

[Steven1621]

i recently came into possession of an old imac computer. i want to upgrade it to os 9. i have the disk and all but it won't seem to upgrade. even when i put the disk in at startup and hold c, nothing happens. is there a way that i can just reformatt and reinstall the os?

 

[iJon]

what kind of computer do you have??

iJon

 

[obeygiant]

first things first

I think in order to install OS 9 to that mac, you'll have to install OS 8.6 first.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88080

 

[Nermal]

Re: first things first

Originally posted by obeygiant
I think in order to install OS 9 to that mac, you'll have to install OS 8.6 first.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88080

If it won't even boot from the CD, the current OS is irrelevant.

Try putting the OS 9 CD in, then using the Startup Disk control panel to select the CD, and reboot. Hopefully that'll force it to boot up from the CD and let you install OS 9.