Strange icon-circle w/ diagonal line-starting up w/ Panther install disc 1

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Strange icon-circle w/ diagonal line-starting up w/ Panther install disc 1

I just installed a new hard drive in my Powerbook G4; I used the Tiger upgrade disc to format the hard drive using disc utility. This proceeded without issue. Then, I restarted, ejected the Tiger upgrade disc and inserted Panther install disc 1; first I see the Apple logo, then all I see is a strange icon that looks like the universal icon for "do not" as used with traffic signs (a circle with a diagonal line) and that is it! What does this mean?

Cube 500 mhz, PowerBook G4 1.5GHz, iMac 15' 1GHz, iMac 17" 800 mHz, eMac 1GHz, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Aug 7, 2008 7:35 PM

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cornelius

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Aug 7, 2008 7:43 PM in response to Gary Yavitz

Gary:

Look through this article and post back with questions.

Good luck.

cornelius

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Gary Yavitz Author

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Aug 7, 2008 11:18 PM in response to cornelius

I restarted with the original install disc containing 10.3.5 and the OS install worked fine, so I still am not sure what the issue was with the 10.3 install disc

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cornelius

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Aug 8, 2008 6:39 AM in response to Gary Yavitz

Gary:

If your computer was released with OS X 10.3.5 you cannot install an OS earlier than that. If the disk from which you were trying to boot was earlier than 10.3.5 that would explain the kernel panic indicated by the broken folder symbol.

😉 cornelius

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ali brown

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Aug 8, 2008 8:05 AM in response to Gary Yavitz

Hi Gary!

"...I used the Tiger upgrade disc to format the hard drive..."
May I ask why you used the Tiger disc, and not a Panther disc?

"I restarted with the original install disc containing 10.3.5 and the OS install worked fine,..."
Did you reformat the HD with this installation?

ali b

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Gary Yavitz Author

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Aug 16, 2008 3:39 PM in response to ali brown

I used the Tiger install disc thinking that I could do a full install, but since it was an upgrade disc, this was not possible. I did not reformat using the Panther disc--the install with the disc that came with the Powerbook went fine. The PB is running great.

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Gary Yavitz Author

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Aug 16, 2008 3:42 PM in response to cornelius

Yes, that is what I figured was the problem--too early of an OS version--resulting in the "prohibitory sign" screen.

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cornelius

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Aug 17, 2008 6:48 PM in response to Gary Yavitz

Gary:

Glad you got if figured out.

If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to post back.

😉 cornelius

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