I just bought a PowerMac G5, but it has no OS and the graphics card is shot. I have tried booting via Firewire, but nothing showed up in Start Up Disks. What can I do?
PowerMac, Other OS
Does the FW drive have a PPC OSX version on it?
How did you get to Startup Disk if the Graphics card is shot?
No, the FW drive does not. I went to startup disks on the Macbook to start the G5 off the Macbook
What can I do?
Buy a retail version of OS X 10.4x or 10.5x.
Try to find one on e-bay but if you buy the gray disks be careful as they are machine specific and will have to be for a G5.
If you buy the full retail version these are black and will work on most machines.
Just ask questions or find out what OS X version your G5 came out with.
Travis
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