need a question answered by someone who knows apple computers

[eits]

i've got an imac that has os x panther on it... the primary account has a password on it that i don't know... it was never given to me when inherited it. the second account is an "any user" account.

when i sign into the "any user" account, i put my mac os x tiger disc in and it does nothing... except spit the disc back out after a couple attempts.

is there something i'm doing wrong? is there another way to install this os?

thanks.

please send me a pm to notify me of the response... i hardly ever check this side of the forums.

edit: i just checked "about this mac"... here are the specs.

mac os x: v. 10.3.9
450 mhz powerpc g4
576mb sdram
20gb hdd (wow)

 

[Nothinman]

Put the disc in, reboot and hold down the C key to boot from the CD.

 

[bearxor]

After it boots from the CD, look up at he menu bar and find the password reset utility.

 

[KeithP]

The Tiger disc is a DVD isn't it? Does the iMac only have a CD drive?

-KeithP

 

[TheStu]

Not a chance it only has a CD Drive. I had an old PowerBook Lombard G3, that thing had a DVD-ROM drive in it, and it came stock with OS9!

 

[umrigar]

There was no 450 MHz iMac G4. iMac G4s start at 700 Mhz and go up to 1.25 GHz.

Do you have a G4 tower?
http://www.everymac.com/system...s/powermac_g4_450.html

Someone want to PM this guy, I'm not bothering.