ok so i got this Apple ibook g4

i'm trying to do a clean install of mac os x 10.2
it won't boot the cd when i press c as i turn it on.

when i press option key it gives me the LOCKED thing and i don't know the password.

all i want to do is just reinstall mc os x

what can i do?Your problem is that whoever you got the old ibook from put a master password on it.

People put those master passwords on so the password cannot be CHANGED or reset, and the operating system cannot be REINSTALLED over it without the password.

You need to get the old password before you can do a clean install of 10.2well duh i KNEW that what i want to know is how to get past the password...... i'm not supid i know a password BLOCK when i see one even if it is in a os i'm not fimiliar with."well duh..."

not all password blocks are the same. If this hadn't been a master password setup you could have just reset the password using a tool built into the OS's disc.

by the way, I don't think you're "supid," I think you're "stupid."