It sounds like you might need to create an installation CD somehow. I don't know how you would do that on the PC.

-system -<BR>Powermac 5500/225<BR>OS 8.0<BR><BR>This will boot without extensions. Without bypassng them, the OS starts to load from either the CD or from the HDD but stops before any extensions ...

Apple is set to release macOS Sonoma on September 26, and whenever a new operating system is released for the Mac, some users prefer to perform a clean installation. This article explains how to ...