What is the difference in Tiger versions?

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What is the difference in Tiger versions?

I know the gray disks are machine specific.

Some of the black disks are upgrade only and require a previous OS.

The full install black disks have different numbers on them such as 2Z691-5811-A, 2Z691-5303-A, 2Z691-5599-A, etc. Some of these are 10.4, 10.4.3, 10.4.6, etc. Some are OEM, some are Retail, some don't specify. Tiger variations run from Darwin 8.0 to Darwin 8.11, twelve different versions, with divisions within them. As far as I can tell from this chart: http://www.ask.com/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Tiger?qsrc=3044#Release_history I need Tiger 10.2 8E90 which was released exclusively for the Power Mac G5 Dual and Quad. Somewhere in the Tiger releases there was a change to accommodate Intel processors. My G5 has Power PC 970 processors.

I'm trying to find a Tiger full install DVD that will work on my 2003 Power Macintosh G5 2.0 GHz DP Power PC 970. Some of the disks say they will work on any G5 but then go on to list several 2004 and 2005 machines without mention of 2003 models. Hence my confusion about what will work and what won't work on my 2003 G5 Mac.

I am installing a second drive for Tiger. The machine has Leopard 10.5.8 installed on the stock drive. I bought this machine for two reasons. 1) to run my Adobe 7.0 software and 2) it has an ADC connector for my 23” Cinema HD Display. Adobe will upgrade to 7.0.1 to work with the G5 processors but it will not work with Leopard, it is maxed out at 10.4.11 Tiger OS.

So, my question to the community is, what Tiger will work with my equipment? Apple has no answers, Adobe has no answers. I am hopeful there will be someone with enough knowledge of the software, the hardware and the OS to help me out here.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 2.66 GHz Intel Core2Duo (Mar 2009)

Posted on Apr 17, 2012 3:39 PM

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Dr.Head Author

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Apr 24, 2012 2:57 PM in response to rccharles

I’m not sure what you mean, “… resizing a partition after the drive has initially partition?”

I have never partitioned a drive in any way. And I only use the terminal if an Apple Tech is walking me through it, which isn’t very often. I have a new 1TB Hitachi Ultrastar 7200 RPM HD which I want to use as a second drive in my 2003 Power Mac G5 2.0 DP machine. I want to install Tiger on that drive so I can use my Adobe 7 Creative Suite which will not work in Leopard the OS on the stock drive. And, I also want to partition it since it is so big, 1TB. I am assuming if I have, say, four partitions 1, 2, 3, 4, I would want the OS on the inside partition and use the outside partitions for storage, and whatever.

If I do an erase and install, that should format the disk. Or, I think I can format and partition the disk and then install Tiger on the inside partition. Since I have never done any of this, have only read a little about it, I need to know the best way to do this so I will end up with Tiger on the best partition and 2 or 3 empty partitions to use for other purposes.

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BDAqua

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Apr 24, 2012 3:16 PM in response to Dr.Head

How to format your disks...

http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/partitioning_tiger.html

Thanks to Pondini, Formatting, Partitioning, Verifying, and Repairing Disks...

http://Pondini.org/OSX/DU.html

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Dr.Head Author

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Apr 24, 2012 3:31 PM in response to BDAqua

Thanks for this. I should be able to do what I need to do with this info.

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BDAqua

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Apr 24, 2012 3:35 PM in response to Dr.Head

Great news, thanks, & good luck! 🙂

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rccharles

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Apr 25, 2012 11:17 AM in response to Dr.Head

If I do an erase and install, that should format the disk. Or, I think I can format and partition the disk and then install Tiger on the inside partition. Since I have never done any of this, have only read a little about it, I need to know the best way to do this so I will end up with Tiger on the best partition and 2 or 3 empty partitions to use for other purposes.

I does make a difference which of the four partitions you pick. I do not know which one you should pick. My quess would be inner most partition. I do not know in what directions sectors are numbered.

Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal

The sudo command will ask for your administration password. No characters will appear when typing your password. Press return when done typing. sudo stands for super user do. It's just like root. Be careful.

sudo pdisk -l

Will give you the location of the partition on the harddrive.

mac $ sudo pdisk -l
Password:

Partition map (with 512 byte blocks) on '/dev/rdisk0'
 #:                type name                    length   base      ( size )
 1: Apple_partition_map Apple                       63 @ 1        
 2:      Apple_Driver43*Macintosh                   56 @ 64       
 3:      Apple_Driver43*Macintosh                   56 @ 120

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Dr.Head Author

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Apr 25, 2012 1:19 PM in response to rccharles

“sudo stands for super user do. It's just like root. Be careful.”

I am reluctant to mess around in the Terminal since I have zero knowledge of doing

anything in there. I was thinking I could do everything in Disk Utility and avoid the

Terminal completely. My plan is to follow these instructions:

http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/partitioning_tiger.html

Since my stock drive has Leopard installed on it I would follow the directions for using

Disk Utility in Leopard. I assume the numbered partitions run from innermost (1) to

outermost (last number).

It seems logical to me that the innermost partition should have the OS and software, but

I am not sure.

I am not clear on how a partitioned disk works, or what is the best size for

the boot volume? I am thinking the boot volume will also be where I would install any

software I want to use in Tiger. The rest of the disk I will divide into 2 or 3

partitions.

Also, I don't know where I will access these volumes. I'm thinking they will show up as

named icons on the desktop depending from which OS I boot. Or maybe all volumes show up

in either OS, I don't know.

I need to know all of this stuff. My Tiger CD disks arrived today so I will be installing

the HD and doing the partitioning and OS installation ASAP.

Then I will have to go online and get the update combo. I'm wondering if I can download

that as a .dmg on one of my online computers and transfer it to the G5, thus avoiding

setting up the G5 for internet since it will be an offline computer?

Thanks for the Terminal instructions, but I think I will try the Disk Utility first since

I am leery of going into Terminal. I can poke around and probably find info on disk

partitioning and the .dmg question, but I would certainly welcome any resources or advice

on those items.

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