Q: Update Power Mac G3 from OS 9.2 to OSX 10.4?
Hello all,
So I just received an old Powermac G3 from a friend of mine running OS 9.2. I am trying to get the computer a little more up-to-date so that I can use the computer as a file server. When I went to put my 10.4 install disk in, it told me the disk was unreadable. After doing a little research I discovered that it might be possible that the firmware had not been updated. After a long struggle with trying to open the firmware update file, it tells me that the firmware is indeed up-to-date.
So the mission now (should you decide to accept it) is how to update this thing to 10.4 without any problems.
ANY IDEAS???
Thanks so much for your help guys,
David
PowerMac, Mac OS 9.2.x, Blue and White G3 400MHz
Posted on Sep 29, 2014 3:29 PM
Is your install disc a retail OEM disc with a silver "X" on a black background?
Gray colored, Mac machine specific discs will NOT work.
Is this disc fairly clean with minimal scratches on the data side of the disc?
Also, is this disc a CD or DVD disc?
There might be the possibility that your B&W G3 only has a CD read/write optical drive and not be able to read a DVD.
It is very hard to find retail versions of OS X 10.4 Tiger, now, and even harder to find the CD set install version of OS X 10.4 Tiger.
Plus, if you find these, they will be very expensive to obtain.
Apple's original OEM cost for these was $129 U.S.D..
Posted on Sep 29, 2014 4:38 PM