Mac in life, Part Deux

Tonight I get a copy of MacOS 9 & OSX install CD/DVD. I took me 2 hours to visit my friend, as he would'nt let me go : He got some issues with his Ubuntu Linux ;) Who sais I'm the linux guy ? !

Back home, I dismount my DVD player from my PC (Acer did something cool... there's no screw fixing the player to the box), and remount it in the PowerMac, checking if, of course, the player was Master and no Slave.

With stress I push the button, waiting for the chime to be played... suspens... Yes, boooooong. I press as fast I a can the C key to boot from the DVD. Insert the OSX DVD and wait.

Hey.... no boot from DVD :/ Switch off, switch on several time, C key pressed... no way to boot from the DVD.

Just in case the DVD disc was faulty, I insert the OS9 CD, and boot it up... Yes ! the OS9 does the installation on my PowerMac ! Cool and releaved, the box can be saved ! I play a little with OS9.2, do an upgrade and hate myself when I see Internet Explorer...

I want OSX ! I retried almost 10 times with no success :( I even check on the Apple site if anything is said. And on one page, you can read : in some modern computer, you can press the option key to select the drive you want to boot on. *bummer*, I was pressing the C key !

I switch off and on again the mac, press the Option key and..... got the osx logo ! \o/ Hurray... But not for long, I install the OSX, and at about 50% of the bar, some error occurs. The installation failed :'(

Since then. I can't boot anymore on the DVD again. Or at least I tried 10 more time with no success.... This is very strange behaviour !

Ok, that all for tonight, I leave the Mac where it is, and go to bed. OSX is still not installed, but the box seem to be more stable than the last days. This is at least the small positive point I can have for now.

I wonder what I could do with MacOS 9.2.2 (as a second computer).. Any idea ?

Now, off to bed, good night :)