Re: Gigabit G4 Tower + Leopard = Not working?

2010-08-20 Thread John Carmonne
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

RE: Gigabit G4 Tower + Leopard = Not working?

2010-08-20 Thread John Ruschmeyer
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

Re: Gigabit G4 Tower + Leopard = Not working?

2010-08-20 Thread John Carmonne
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

Re: Gigabit G4 Tower + Leopard = Not working?

2010-08-20 Thread Dan Palka
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