Re: G4 dual 500 Panther to Leopard upgrade

2010-01-25 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I have installed leopard on that identical computer, and the easiest way is to use leopard assist. Just download, its super easy to use and comes with directions. -Jonas On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Bruce Johnson < john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote: > > On Jan 25, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Jeffr

Re: G4 dual 500 Panther to Leopard upgrade

2010-01-25 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 25, 2010, at 7:56 AM, Kasey Smith wrote: Oh, I want to mention that a MacBook installer might be x86 only and not install the proper files for the PPC machine. Well, if your installing from the MacBook, it won't. You're mistaken. Only Tiger came in separate PPC & x86 versions. Leop

Re: G4 dual 500 Panther to Leopard upgrade

2010-01-25 Thread Kasey Smith
On Jan 24, 2010, at 9:52 PM, Chance Reecher wrote: Yes, you can use the MacBook's installer just fine. It's only locked as to the Mac it will install from, not the drive it will install to. Start the G4 up in Target Disk Mode, boot the MacBook from the installer, and choose the G4's HD to insta

Re: G4 dual 500 Panther to Leopard upgrade

2010-01-24 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 24, 2010, at 10:52 PM, Chance Reecher wrote: Yes, you can use the MacBook's installer just fine. It's only locked as to the Mac it will install from, not the drive it will install to. Start the G4 up in Target Disk Mode, boot the MacBook from the installer, and choose the G4's HD to insta

Re: G4 dual 500 Panther to Leopard upgrade

2010-01-24 Thread Chance Reecher
Yes, you can use the MacBook's installer just fine. It's only locked as to the Mac it will install from, not the drive it will install to. Start the G4 up in Target Disk Mode, boot the MacBook from the installer, and choose the G4's HD to install to. I've done it before, it works fine. No need for

Re: G4 dual 500 Panther to Leopard upgrade

2010-01-24 Thread Kasey Smith
On Jan 24, 2010, at 9:32 PM, Peterafterthought wrote: I'm reading alot here and elsewhere about upgrading my G4 dual 500 from Panther to Leopard and looking for more info. From what I read it's doable. A couple of stupid questions. I have a Macbook Pro with Leopard. Can I use that installation

G4 dual 500 Panther to Leopard upgrade

2010-01-24 Thread Peterafterthought
I'm reading alot here and elsewhere about upgrading my G4 dual 500 from Panther to Leopard and looking for more info. From what I read it's doable. A couple of stupid questions. I have a Macbook Pro with Leopard. Can I use that installation dvd to install Leopard on my G4 ? My Panther on the G4 was