I applaud the humility of your admission. I knew Tiger was on DVD, but never questioned that your G4 didn't have a DVD drive. Reminds one to check the mirror :)
On Jul 26, 2005, at 11:52 AM, Robert Klein wrote: > FYI on the hard drive issues on the G4. The fine folks at MacTown > (nice store!) resolved the issue. I?m embarrassed to say that I > did not realize that my G4 did not have a DVD drive in it (this is > not the machine I use on a regular basis), so that?s why it would > not recognize the Tiger DVD. The reason the OS 9 Software Install > and Restore CDs did not boot is because the firmware had been > updated and would not allow OS 9.0 to boot (it has to be 9.2+, I > think). That is why only the Disk Warrior CD would boot. > > It now works like a charm and Tiger is installed. > > Robert -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050726/5206f792/attachment.html
