What FireWire hard drive works with 10.4.1?

Check with www.macsales.com Note, however, I recall a recent post where not all newer FW drives will boot a computer since they are now designing for newer Macs where USB booting is the norm. I have one of the older Voyageur docks which will boot my G4 but the newer ones apparantly do not.

You don't say which model iMac, and just saying iMac is like saying you own a VW beetle, but not if it is a 2010 model or a 1964 model. With this kind of hardware question we need full technical details to make recommendations.

If your iMac has Firewire...

To get more information about your computer, go to the Apple in the upper left corner of any window, then "About This Mac", then "More Info..." Copy and paste the information here, but omit the serial number and Hardware UUID (if present).

Hardware Overview:

Machine Name: Power Mac G4

Machine Model: PowerMac3,5

CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.1)

Number Of CPUs: 2

CPU Speed: 1 GHz

L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB

L3 Cache (per CPU): 2 MB

Memory: 1.5 GB

Bus Speed: 133 MHz

Boot ROM Version: 4.3.3f2

Since you have the base 10.4.x installed, update to the final Tiger version 10.4.11. Here's the link for the 10.4.11 combo update http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24901?viewlocale=en_US

 Cheers, Tom 😉

OOPs, left out my links for Firewire drive suggestions...

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MEAQ7S1TB32M/

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MEAQ7H20TB64/

FW/800 will be your fastest interface. 🙂

I have been using an Iomega Ultramax 500 gig firewire drive on my PPC IMac 10.4.1 . for about 3 years. No problem so far...but this unit is no longer availble new.