Maybe you just got a bad copy of 10.4. I have run 10.4 for on a G3 imac, G3 powermac, two G3 ibooks, two G4 powerbooks, two G4 powermacs and a G4 emac. They all run perfectly. My guess is that you just got a bad 10.4 installer. You might also want to see if you have the latest firmware version for that machine... -Jonas
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Maretta Holden <maret...@qwest.net> wrote: > > 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 g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
