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External Startup Volume on G4 iMac

I'm trying to create an external startup volume on a 1 Ghz PowerPC G4 iMac. I'm using an 80 GB external USB SATA drive. I'm trying to install OS X 10.4.3 which, according to Wikipedia, ought to run on the G4 PowerPC iMac. The installer won't do the installation. It tells me that the computer won't run of the drive. Will somebody please tell me what I'm doing wrong?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Nov 10, 2017 6:28 PM

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VinceDaVinci

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Posted on Nov 17, 2017 12:08 AM

the only way you could boot from an external volume is in target mode with firewire

Using Target Disk Mode to install an operating system

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External Startup Volume on G4 iMac

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