At 2:03 PM -0800 12/10/2008, JimInStuttgart wrote: >Hello all, I wonder if anyone has encountered this problem: When I >attempt to upgrade from 10.3.9 to 10.4, the auto-check program tells >me "System 10.4 cannot be installed on this computer." No further >reason given.
Perhaps the disks you purchased were Mac model-specific rather than generic. >I own a Power PC G4 which started life as a G4/400. I've installed a >Sonnet processor upgrade that took it to 1.8Ghz. I've maxed the RAM >(insofar as I know) at 1.5G. I've added USB 2.0; I've replaced the >original CD-ROM with a DVD burner. I have the original internal HD of >10Gig and an added one of 700Gig. I have Tiger, upgraded from Panther via the commercial upgrade disks, running happily on my PowerBook 2000 (Pismo) which only sports its original 400 Mhz G3 processor and an upgraded to 20 GB internal HD. >I bought the Tiger system disks at eBay. The iMac install for 10.4.2 >are original; There is what looks to be a burned copy of 10.4.11 that >reads "Update PPC only." > >As far as I can tell, 10.4 should install; but the neither the disc >marked "10.4.11 for PPC only" nor the "10.4.2" for iMac will install. >Both give the same error message. > >Can anyone assist? I've read through several forums and Tiger appears >to work on G4 "Sawtooth" models. Should work on mine, I think. Or am >I better off just going to 10.5? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
