Thank you Mark, for clarifying, that in fact, no "hacking" is required to run Leopard. I have used leopard assist on plenty machines and it works great.
There is a 128GB limit on that machine. You can install a PCI ATA or SATA card and plug the hard drive into that to bypass the limit, or the cheapest easiest alternative is to plug the external hard drive into a FireWire port on the PowerMac. I have done that and it is actually faster than the onboard ATA, and you don't have that limit. Also I'm pretty sure that ANY OS will boot from firewire. One more option: Pay and download Speed Tools ATA High-Cap driver. It works, but you will still have to partition the drive into partitions of no larger than 128GB in size. I have also used this and it will work great. The best option in my opinion, is either using FireWire, or a PCI ATA or SATA card. You will just have to make sure that the card is bootable. There was just one of those ATA cards on the LEM Swaplist. -Jonas On 4/10/10, Mark Sokolovsky <coolmar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Most macs with USB ports can boot from USB, but I used my summer 2001 > G3 iMac to boot from USB to install tiger. I also used my PM G4 > graphite sawtooth with no problems. Here is a list of computers that > cannot be booted using USB: > > iBook Clamshell series (all versions) > B&W Power Macintosh G3 > iBook G3 (white, earlier versions) > Beige PM G3 (if you installa USB card via PCI) > Pismo G3 > Wallstreet G3 > > here is a list of macs that i have successfully booted using USB: > Power Macintosh G4 (Graphite, Sawtooth, PCI, AGP, Quicksilver, DA, MDD) > PM G5 > iMac G4 (iLamp) > eMac G4 > iMac G5 > PowerBook G4 > iBook G4 > Mac Mini G4 > iMac G3 (Summer 2000 or later. the ones with firewire will definately work) > > if there are any other machines that were made by Apple that i have > not listed, please contact me. > > On 4/10/10, John Carmonne <carmo...@aol.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Will this work with the Summer 2000 iMacs too? >>> -- >>> Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ >> >> >> I used a USB DVD drive to insall Tiger on my summer iMacs by booting from >> OS9. All three of my machines didn't have DVD rom. >> If I could use a stick that would be great. >> >> John Carmonne >> Yorba Linda USA >> Sent from my MBP >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list >> >> To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
