Re: Gigabit G4 Tower + Leopard = Not working?
On Aug 18, 2010, at 10:29 PM, Dan Palka wrote: I tried multiple ways to get Leopard to install onto my Gigabit G4 tower, including putting it into FireWire disk mode and installing from a Mac mini G4, as well as modifying the reported clock frequency in Open Firmware and booting from the Leopard installer. Every time I'm getting the unable to find driver for powermac3,3 kernel panic. What's going on here? Any ideas? You need at least 867 MHz processor to install 10.5 on that machine. I do this by installing the system on a Fire Wire drive via a compatible machine and the using Carbon Copy Cloner to get it on the slower machine. But be aware it will be real slooow. :-) 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
RE: Gigabit G4 Tower + Leopard = Not working?
From: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:g3-5-l...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Carmonne Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 8:16 AM To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Gigabit G4 Tower + Leopard = Not working? On Aug 18, 2010, at 10:29 PM, Dan Palka wrote: I tried multiple ways to get Leopard to install onto my Gigabit G4 tower, including putting it into FireWire disk mode and installing from a Mac mini G4, as well as modifying the reported clock frequency in Open Firmware and booting from the Leopard installer. Every time I'm getting the unable to find driver for powermac3,3 kernel panic. What's going on here? Any ideas? You need at least 867 MHz processor to install 10.5 on that machine. I do this by installing the system on a Fire Wire drive via a compatible machine and the using Carbon Copy Cloner to get it on the slower machine. But be aware it will be real slooow. :-) There are software tricks and tools (LeopardAssist?) to let one install 10.5 on a slower system. As for the OP, I'd take a look to make sure your Firmware is up-to-date. When I was looking to try Leopard on my Sawtooth, I saw a couple of comments which pointed in that direction. John -- 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: Gigabit G4 Tower + Leopard = Not working?
You need at least 867 MHz processor to install 10.5 on that machine. I do this by installing the system on a Fire Wire drive via a compatible machine and the using Carbon Copy Cloner to get it on the slower machine. But be aware it will be real slooow. :-) There are software tricks and tools (LeopardAssist?) to let one install 10.5 on a slower system. As for the OP, I'd take a look to make sure your Firmware is up-to-date. When I was looking to try Leopard on my Sawtooth, I saw a couple of comments which pointed in that direction. John The OP stated a Mini G4 in the mix I sometimes feel that the Mini system can be problematic I would do an install on a FW drive from any G4 867 up except a Mini and see if I could boot the FW drive on the Gigabit. Then you may have to reset all in the Gigabit, remove every thing from the machine including the RAM, HDD's , PRAM battery and unplug all cables you can , hold CUDA down for 30 secs and reinstall your parts. 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
Re: Gigabit G4 Tower + Leopard = Not working?
On Aug 20, 2010, at 8:27 AM, John Carmonne wrote: The OP stated a Mini G4 in the mix I sometimes feel that the Mini system can be problematic I would do an install on a FW drive from any G4 867 up except a Mini and see if I could boot the FW drive on the Gigabit. Then you may have to reset all in the Gigabit, remove every thing from the machine including the RAM, HDD's , PRAM battery and unplug all cables you can , hold CUDA down for 30 secs and reinstall your parts. Actually, it did end up being the firmware. It was still the original that I had gotten from the previous owner, which ran Tiger fine but Leopard wanted the 4.2.8 update found here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120068 Installing from Mac Mini was fine, although I reinstalled it directly from the Power Mac using the hacked Open Firmware trick. -- 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
