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Help me reinstall osx?

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honkee

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Ok so i have in front of me
two powerbook g4's
an old mac osx box.
I think its 10.2 panther?

I posted something about a week ago about removing a password on one of the g4's, i borrowed a friends tiger disk but the installation will not complete so im left with a borged installation.
Is there anyway i can restore this laptop to its normal state or install 10.2 on it?

any advice appreciated, i also have me own g4 powerbook which is working fine, i can pull files from thatif needed.

Many thanks in advance
 
Maybe the cd is too old for the g4?
Im not experienced with macs but when i put in the tiger dvd it recognizes it but just cant complete the installation.
Im lost with this stuff
 
when you boot up, and here the "dong" noise, hold down the option key to get a boot option, see if that sees the CD's.
 
When the CD is inserted, have you tried pressing the C key while the Powerbook boots?

The Mac OS X CD is a standalone version, right? (I guess so because you wrote that it comes in a box)

If the DVD drive is the only damaged part, you might be able to install the OS in target disk mode, if you have a FireWire cable (both ends 6 pin variety). Connect the fubared Powerbook G4 with a functional one that can read the OS X CD. As soon as the first Powerbook is mounted as an external volume, you can start the installation process on your functional Powerbook.
 
Well Tiger is only on DVD, maybe the Powerbook doesn't have a DVD drive and only CD?
 
Originally posted by: OSx86
Well Tiger is only on DVD, maybe the Powerbook doesn't have a DVD drive and only CD?
Click to expand...

This came to my mind, too, but according to apple-history.com every PowerBook G4 at least can read DVDs. Maybe honkee mistakenly identified them as G4s when in fect they're DVD-less G3 varieties?

Honkee, your guess that the CD is too old might be right. You should identify the OS X version:
10.2 "Jaguar" photos
10.3 "Panther" photos
10.4 "Tiger" photos
Then go to apple-history.com to identify the minimal version required for your notebook.
 
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