I have an old iMac (7-8 years old) with 2GB memory and 256MB hard drive. The OS X disk which came with it has been lost. I have erased the hard drive prior to re-booting and setting up from the internet however it won't re-boot and disks from a newer iMac won't work. Any suggestions?
iMac, erased hard drive
If you are in the US call Apple Customer Support 1-800-767-2775, provide the Serial Number and specifications of the Mac, and for a reasonable fee, they will supply a replacement set of system discs (if available).
The discs will be for the original version of the OS that was pre-installed when the Mac was manufactured.
If you are in another country:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
If you are running Lion or Mountain Lion or later you won’t have been given disks. Instead you use the recovery partition or internet recovery:
PROBLEM RE-BOOTING OLDER 2GB iMAC
