Re: Help needed for Mac Powerbook M7572, reload
On Jan 24, 2011, at 3:15 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Jan 24, 2011, at 5:03 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote: I did a dumb thing, I wiped the hard drive of this computer instead of writing all 0's. This doesn't make sense because writing all 0's is wiping the hard drive. You meant you wrote all zeros and wiped the HD. Now I can't reload an operating system. I have tried several ways including using an external DVD reader. I want to reload Mac OS10.3.2 Panther then OSX10.4 Tiger, both of which I have. You don't need to reinstall Panther unless your 10.4 DVD is an upgrade DVD? Even then, you could convert the upgrade DVD into a full install DVD and skip the Panther, but that may be too much work. Boot either install DVD. Go to Disk Utility and Partition the HD into one partition with the Option of Apple Partition Format and HFS+ extended (journaled) file system. Then quit Disk Utility and run the installer normally. If you can't boot the DVD from the internal optical drive, to boot from an external Firewire you can hold the Option key while the external is powered up with the DVD in the unit already. If you're trying to boot from USB this probably won't work on a PPC PowerBook, USB booting is generally Intel only and early colored iBooks and iMacs. One way around the USB external optical drive boot is to boot OS9 on the internal optical drive then choose startup disk and it'll show the USB DVD and you can boot it. John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 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
Help needed for Mac Powerbook M7572, reload
Hi experts, I did a dumb thing, I wiped the hard drive of this computer instead of writing all 0's. Now I can't reload an operating system. I have tried several ways including using an external DVD reader. I want to reload Mac OS10.3.2 Panther then OSX10.4 Tiger, both of which I have. Any help will be appreciated. Wm. in Bay Village, Ohio -- 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
Re: Help needed for Mac Powerbook M7572, reload
On 24 Jan 2011, at 23:03, Wm. Arnold wrote: Hi experts, I did a dumb thing, I wiped the hard drive of this computer instead of writing all 0's. Now I can't reload an operating system. I have tried several ways including using an external DVD reader. I want to reload Mac OS10.3.2 Panther then OSX10.4 Tiger, both of which I have. Any help will be appreciated. Wm. in Bay Village, Ohio Not sure I qualify as an expert, but what messages is it giving you when you try and boot it from the install cd/dvd? If you have another mac available, can you boot the powerbook into target disk mode and hook them together with a firewire cable and install the OS from the other mac? Hope that makes some sort of sense Mike -- 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
Re: Help needed for Mac Powerbook M7572, reload
On Jan 24, 2011, at 4:03 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote: Hi experts, I did a dumb thing, I wiped the hard drive of this computer instead of writing all 0's. This should be the same thing. Now I can't reload an operating system. I have tried several ways including using an external DVD reader. Does it boot from the OS X installer? If so use Disk Utility to repair the hard drive and reformat it. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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
Re: Help needed for Mac Powerbook M7572, reload
On Jan 24, 2011, at 5:03 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote: I did a dumb thing, I wiped the hard drive of this computer instead of writing all 0's. This doesn't make sense because writing all 0's is wiping the hard drive. You meant you wrote all zeros and wiped the HD. Now I can't reload an operating system. I have tried several ways including using an external DVD reader. I want to reload Mac OS10.3.2 Panther then OSX10.4 Tiger, both of which I have. You don't need to reinstall Panther unless your 10.4 DVD is an upgrade DVD? Even then, you could convert the upgrade DVD into a full install DVD and skip the Panther, but that may be too much work. Boot either install DVD. Go to Disk Utility and Partition the HD into one partition with the Option of Apple Partition Format and HFS + extended (journaled) file system. Then quit Disk Utility and run the installer normally. If you can't boot the DVD from the internal optical drive, to boot from an external Firewire you can hold the Option key while the external is powered up with the DVD in the unit already. If you're trying to boot from USB this probably won't work on a PPC PowerBook, USB booting is generally Intel only and early colored iBooks and iMacs. -- 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
Re: Help needed for Mac Powerbook M7572, reload
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Wm. Arnold w_arn...@att.net wrote: Hi experts, I did a dumb thing, I wiped the hard drive of this computer instead of writing all 0's. Now I can't reload an operating system. I have tried several ways including using an external DVD reader. I want to reload Mac OS10.3.2 Panther then OSX10.4 Tiger, both of which I have. Any help will be appreciated. Wm. in Bay Village, Ohio ___ If you low-level formatted it it is now a paper weight. Just forget it and get another. I am speaking from experience as I have done this and had others do it to my drives as well. Best to forgive and forget. Drives are relatively cheap. The data may have been precious. But was it precious enough to back up? In my case well . .. . i was just in a hurry ! -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ -- 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
Re: Help needed for Mac Powerbook M7572, reload
Sounds like the DVD install can't Find The hardrive. Hum! That was bad if you are not familiar with Mac issues. Lets think about it On Jan 24, 2011, at 6:19 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Wm. Arnold w_arn...@att.net wrote: Hi experts, I did a dumb thing, I wiped the hard drive of this computer instead of writing all 0's. Now I can't reload an operating system. I have tried several ways including using an external DVD reader. I want to reload Mac OS10.3.2 Panther then OSX10.4 Tiger, both of which I have. Any help will be appreciated. Wm. in Bay Village, Ohio ___ If you low-level formatted it it is now a paper weight. Just forget it and get another. I am speaking from experience as I have done this and had others do it to my drives as well. Best to forgive and forget. Drives are relatively cheap. The data may have been precious. But was it precious enough to back up? In my case well . .. . i was just in a hurry ! -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ -- 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
