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Oct 5, 2014 5:14 PM in response to mergesoftby mergesoft,Sorry I am new to the forum. I hit iOS 8 by mistake.
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Oct 5, 2014 5:16 PM in response to mergesoftby Niel,1. You need to install those CDs onto an older Mac and then update the installed system to 10.3.8 or 10.3.9 before you can use it to boot the PowerBook.
2. That iBook can't run Panther through any means. It can't be used for the steps in #1.
3. No. You can only update a system after installation.
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Oct 5, 2014 5:26 PM in response to mergesoftby Drew Reece,A quick look at Mactracker.ca (get the app if you can run it - it has lots of info on old Macs) shows 10.3.7 as the lowest OS for that Mac.
You need to find it's original install disks or OS install disks with 10.3.7 or higher. If you had a Mac that can boot into 10.3.0 you could install via target disk mode onto the PowerBooks HD, but that is a kludge since the install will be setup for running based on the other hardware (may have different drivers etc). Upgrade it to the last 10.3 release & it may be bootable, sometimes this can work.
10.5.8 is the maximum OS that Powerbook will run, you cannot run 10.6 on any PowerPC Mac because 10.6 was the first Intel only OS from Apple, sorry.
Also see everymac.com for info on specs.