Re: installation of Mac OS 7 on PowerBook G3

2011-12-29 Thread Clark Martin
On Dec 27, 2011, at 12:09 PM, Simon Royal mrsimonro...@gmail.com wrote: Clark Is this an option only on the original iBook, booting from USB would a handy trick on other non-firewire, non-DVD machines. I don't know just which machines will do it. I did boot from a USB hard disk on a slot

Re: installation of Mac OS 7 on PowerBook G3

2011-12-28 Thread Simon Royal
Clark Is this an option only on the original iBook, booting from USB would a handy trick on other non-firewire, non-DVD machines. Simon On 27 Dec 2011, at 19:23, Clark Martin wrote: I used XPF to install Tiger on an original iBook. It overrode the installer check for FireWire and

Re: installation of Mac OS 7 on PowerBook G3

2011-12-27 Thread Simon Royal
Hi I have run Tiger on a number of Lombards and the best method is to trick the installer or clone it. Never been keen on Xpostfacto and when you can get away with not using it I would suggest it and yes, 512MB is a must on a Lombard running Tiger. Simon On 25 Dec 2011, at 23:36,

Re: installation of Mac OS 7 on PowerBook G3

2011-12-27 Thread Clark Martin
On Dec 26, 2011, at 12:10 PM, Simon Royal mrsimonro...@gmail.com wrote: I have run Tiger on a number of Lombards and the best method is to trick the installer or clone it. Never been keen on Xpostfacto and when you can get away with not using it I would suggest it and yes, 512MB is a must

Re: installation of Mac OS 7 on PowerBook G3

2011-12-25 Thread Marco Aurélio
I like the 2400 too , but is very rare, in my PB Lombard I'm trying to install Mac OS X on it, I tried the 10.3.9, but had no success. For him I have two hard disks, already a installed 9.2.1 on another'm trying to X. hug. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a

Re: installation of Mac OS 7 on PowerBook G3

2011-12-25 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 23, 2011, at 10:56 AM, Marco Aurélio wrote: in my PB Lombard I'm trying to install Mac OS X on it, I tried the 10.3.9, but had no success. You should go for 10.4.11 on the Lombard. Cloning an installation might be easiest. -- You received this message because you are a member of

Re: installation of Mac OS 7 on PowerBook G3

2011-12-25 Thread Angelo Danio
IMHO to run tiger on lombard you need Xpostfacto; but are you sure is a lombard? if you have troubles installing panther, might be a wallstreet ... but you will be able to install both as well with, but you need to max RAM ... to feel confortable at least 256MB for panther and 512MB for Tiger, but

Re: installation of Mac OS 7 on PowerBook G3

2011-12-25 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 25, 2011, at 5:36 PM, Angelo Danio wrote: IMHO to run tiger on lombard you need Xpostfacto; but are you sure is a lombard? The Lombard is the same as the non-Firewire iBook, it will run Tiger 10.4.11 natively without need to any of the XPostFacto modified kexts, but the problem is

Re: installation of Mac OS 7 on PowerBook G3

2011-12-22 Thread tortoise
You can put 7.6 on a 2400 or 3400 Powerbook. The 2400 is something of a collector's item. I believe there was a g3 upgrade for it. 1400 can take it too. On Dec 9, 4:43 pm, Marco Aurélio marco.a.bu...@gmail.com wrote: thats is too bad . Thanks for the information -- You received this message

Re: installation of Mac OS 7 on PowerBook G3

2011-12-11 Thread Marco Aurélio
thats is too bad . Thanks for the information -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at

Re: installation of Mac OS 7 on PowerBook G3

2011-12-08 Thread Angelo Danio
2011/12/8, Marco Aurélio marco.a.bu...@gmail.com: someone managed to install Mac OS 7 on the PowerBook G3 Lombard? it's not possible: AFAIK older OS you can install is 8.6, but it works fine with 9.2 and even Tiger if you max RAM angelo -- You received this message because you are a member of