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HELP!! eMac wont boot after trying to install Mac OS X 10.4.11!

I had got given a Mac OS X Tiger install disc by a friend ⚠(Not an official one) and I used it to upgrade my eMac from Panther, but the installation failed so i thought I would have to deal with it and revert back to Panther, but when I restarted, the Mac was stuck on the Apple with the spinning logo. I have tried starting Mac in safe mode but that just brings up an error saying ✖"Kernel Panic! We are hanging here."! Please help!! This is a great machine I would love to get it running again! 🙂😁

eMac-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.4.11), Mac OS X 10.4.11/10.3.9

Posted on Mar 12, 2015 12:25 AM

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Mar 12, 2015 2:06 AM in response to ced13079

Hold alt or option key at boot up with the Panther Install disc inserted, hold mouse button down at boot up to open optical tray… does that work?

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Mar 12, 2015 7:53 PM in response to BDAqua

I actually don't have the Panther install dvd!... How would I be able to get this dvd?

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Mar 13, 2015 9:46 AM in response to ced13079

Not cheap...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Mac-OS-X-Panther-10-3-M9227LL-A-Complete-Retail-Pa ckage-OS-Install-Discs-/321539607679

Tiger Requirements...

To use Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, your Macintosh needs:

* A PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor

* Built-in FireWire

* At least 256 MB of RAM (I recommend 1GB minimum)

* DVD drive (DVD-ROM), Combo (CD-RW/DVD-ROM) or SuperDrive (DVD-R) for installation

* At least 3 GB of free disk space; 4 GB if you install the XCode 2 Developer Tools (I recommend 20GB minimum)

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1514

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=mac+os+x+tiger+retail+10.4

See Tom's, (Texas Mac Man), great info on where/how to find/get Tiger...

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3089008?answerId=15305521022#15305521022

Or Ali Brown's great info on where/how to find/get Tiger...

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10381710#10381710

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Mar 23, 2015 7:53 PM in response to BDAqua

Ok I got a disc off ebay only $36
I followed your instructions and it worked!

Thank you so much . much appreciated!

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Mar 24, 2015 10:27 AM in response to ced13079

Great to hear, good deal too, thanks & good luck! 🙂

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