Q: Help installing orignal software to powerbook G4
I owned a powerbook G4 for about eight years until the screen went out. Someone recently gave me a powerbook g4 with the screen working condition, but the OS has been completely deleted. so i found my old OSx 10.3 discs that came with my original 15" powerbook and decided to install
I inserted disk 1, held down c, and booted up, started instaling things normally.
things were going great until the installation process decided to stop during the "finishing up" phase twice...
I decided to insert disc 2 to see if that would help.
now the computer only turns on and goes straight to white apple screen and stays there indefinitely. I can't even eject the disc.
Help! How can i eject the disc, and get back to installing OSx so I can use this titanium machine for something besides a music stand!
Thanks!
G
Posted on Oct 10, 2013 2:38 PM
I may try my hand at using a flash drive as a boot disk with a copy of 10.4 on it. in the meantime
Very few PowerPC Macs are USB-bootable, so I'd put that option by the curb. To get a reliable boot from an external device, you need a FireWire device.
I'd go for finding that disk, especially if it is truly a full retail install disk (hard to find now and expensive).
My PB is a circa 2003 1gHz 17-inch. I still like to use it from time to time. Nice old machine. It's already out-lasted one newer MacBook Pro!
Posted on Oct 11, 2013 7:57 AM