If you are using mac os x you must boot from a local. Install an os on powerbook g4 using usb d apple community. Unmount the usb drive and put it in the mac you want to install os 9. Apple powerbook g4 firmware for mac free download and. Everything ive read suggests that installing morphos on a g4 mac mini is the easiest route. How to install mac os 9 if you already have os x installed. How to create a bootable installer for macos apple support. I dont have access to any system running os x so i cant use disk utility to create an install usb. Boot mac os x x86 from a usb pendrive this is for osx86 hackintosh creating mac usb drive os x installers with modern versions of os x. I made a live usb stick of the os x install disc this way.
This video details the install process of mac os x 10. Download and install older versions of os x on a mac. Be sure the disc to boot from is actually bootable, most system restore and installation. I have a powerbook g4 titanium 500 that i hooked up to my powerbook g4 1500 in firewire disk mode and installed. Type the following lines exactly as shown below into the open firmware prompt. When you install linux on your mac, it removes all of the os x installation including the recovery partition.
Is it possible that there are different versions of this os and some dont work on my ppc mac. Its that whole forgotten password thing thats causing problems right no. Put the usb stick into your mac and press the power button while holding down. Apr 08, 2005 restart your powerbook to the os x installer. I have succesfully booted a leopard install using a usb2 drive on my powerbook g4, and it was running at usb2 speeds averagnig about 6mbs. I saved a few parts, and ended up assembling a working powerbook g4. Connect the usb flash drive or other volume that youre using for the bootable installer. Please particularly be mindful of asterisks, as these note that a system is capable of running mac os x 10. We will soon have our a tutorial to do this that will be modernized for tiger and leopard, stay tuned for. Powerbook g4 15inch and 17inch mac os x install disk v. The biggest problem i have found is the video driver. Once you see the screen go white with some text on it, you can release those keys.
Installing new os on powerbook g4 without usb key or cd super. To install leopard on an unsupported g4 clocked under 867 mhz. Basic features of your powerbook 18 additional features of your powerbook 20 inside your powerbook 22 about mac os x 24. These computers are actually getting more and more obsolete, and this computer must be up to date concerning the software for a proper use mac os x 10. Lastly, i have an ibook g4 im trying to convert to ubuntu but im waiting for an install so i can reinstall mac os x 10.
On a powerbook g4 a18 1,67 ghz 15 late 2005 the above instructions didnt work out of the box. Type or paste one of the following commands in terminal. Make sure that it has at least 12gb of available storage and is formatted as mac os extended. I would love to change it to ubuntu but the last time i tried it wouldnt register the disc. Feb 10, 20 in this tutorial ill show how you can put ubuntu linux on a powerbook g4 and resurrect one of these durable old laptops from the dead. Open terminal, which is in the utilities folder of your applications folder. Solved old powerbook g4 wont boot from any install disc. Hi there, ive recently purchased a 2nd hand apple powerbook g4 a1104 and the previous user details and password are still on the system and to reset it has asked to install the mac os disc. Any ibook g4 can install using this as t he first one in late 2003 came with mac os x 10. If you want to reinstall os x, youll have to create an os x recovery disk using the. After doing a lot of research and trying out some hints, finally i could install mac os x 10. Not sure if this is the right place for posting this, but i recently got my hands on a 17 powerbook g4 with a wiped hard drive. Any ideas if i need an older version or what needs to be installed in a certain way. Apple powerbook powerpc g4 laptops for sale in stock ebay.
Downloaded the iso image and proceeded to make a mac os x bootable usb on windows. If a wireless network is available, you can choose it from the wi. Reboot your mac and hold down the cmdoptof keys until you get a white screen with black text. Aug 28, 2016 at i type this post, i am currently performing an installation from one mac mac pro to the hard drive i intend to use for the os for the powerbook g4. The older the machine the less likely it will work though. Powerbook6,2, g4 12inch dvi 1ghz, m9007, a1010, emc 1986. How to clean install mac os using a usb drive on mac. If your unable to create a bootable mac os cddvd to restore mac os from the online image on your systems hard drive you may need to find a real apple os x cddvd or bring your system to an apple store for them to re install the os for you if they can.
It makes installing morphos relatively painless if you call overwriting a perfectly good mac os x. Instead, click on the installer menu at the top of your screen. The powerbook suffered minor damage to the aluminium casing causing it noneconomic to repair, therefore i had successfully tendered for the item. If your unable to create a bootable mac os cddvd to restore mac os from the online image on your systems hard drive you may need to find a real apple osx cddvd or bring your system to an apple store for them to reinstall the os for you if they can. The latest version of os x that any powerbook g4 can run is mac os x leopard, released in 2007. Im doing the installation via standard installation but with the caveat that the target hard drive is actually connected to a usb ide adapter and the hard drive is not physically in the computer. Hey guys, im having some trouble with powerbook g4 computer, and the only resolution i could find was to reinstall the operating system. Apple software lot power mac g4 macbook pro powerbook g4. In this tutorial ill show how you can put ubuntu linux on a powerbook g4 and resurrect one of these durable old laptops from the dead. Apple powerbook g4 dvdrom for mac free download and.
That includes the dual 800 mhz power mac g4 as well. Mac os cant connect to l2tp vpn in bridged mode, but okay in nat. January, 2010 hello everybody,yesterday i installed the iphone sdk 3. The bootable disc can be an os x system restore disc, an os x installation disc, or even a third party os disc like linux. Using drive setup, initialize the usb thumb drive to mac os extended. You can then use the mac os x program disk utility to restore it to a new, empty disk partition. There are some reports of some g4s booting as well but the process is far from intuitive for the casual user.
All titanium powerbook g4 models are capable of booting macos 9, whereas aluminum models can only run macos 9 applications in the classic environment when booting macos x 10. After at least eight hours of reading and experimenting, i managed to boot openbsd installer from usb stick. How to reinstall macos from macos recovery apple support. Can i install off the usb instead of the disc drive. Installing tiger by usb on wiped powerbook g4 macrumors forums. For the final few titanium models, apple switched to the mac os x 10. If a wireless network is available, you can choose it from the wifi menu in the menu bar. How to install mac osx from usb on a powerpc powerbook g4. Nov 29, 2017 normally, it is assumed that updating os is a oneway road. May 11, 2016 im trying to boot an old powerbook g4 macbook to do a clean install. The powerbook g4 is the last generation of the powerbook series, and was succeeded by the intelpowered macbook pro line in the first half of 2006.
Jesus vigo goes over the steps to create a bootable usb to install os x 10. Installing ubuntu on macintosh powerpc, no cddrive, usb. Attach an external hard drive to the laptop i have a pcmcia firewire card so i used a firewire drive, but i imagine a usb drive would work, too. The titanium powerbook g4 models initially ran on the mac os x 10.
At the first screen select a language, dont continue with the install. Macinternet services for mac users 25 sherlockyour internet search detective 26 apple. If your mac has a superdrive or disc drive, you can boot the mac from any bootable dvd or cd by using a special keyboard shortcut. Resolved installing tiger by usb on wiped powerbook g4. After the install which completed successfully i looked everywhere under developer for the iphone simulator and i. Mac os powerbook g4 titanium 400500 cd set macintosh garden. I want to install leopard but the only way i have to install it is from a bootable usb drive. Copy the os 9 iso and toast installer to the usb drive. How to create a bootable usb to install os x techrepublic. The main challenge is to download the os installation file itself, because your mac may already be running a newer version. Okay, so in a couple of weeks my ibook g4 12 is going to arrive, it has a 30gb hard drive and 256mb of ram. Apple provides no support for mac os 9classic applications on any intelbased macs at all or on powerpcbased macs running mac os x 10. It can create and edit work with the new interface.
Running an old version of osx leopard in 20 just doesnt make sense. Hi guys, im trying to boot an old powerbook g4 macbook to do a clean install. Jun 07, 2019 not sure if this is the right place for posting this, but i recently got my hands on a 17 powerbook g4 with a wiped hard drive. To create a bootable media to install mac os x leopard on my old macbook a1181. If i get one, can i connect my powerbook by firewire to a macbook pro and install the os to the hd target on the powerbook. Mac os x provides a powerful and elegant user interface for your computer. Install tiger on a lombard powerbook g3 mac os x hints. Getting started with your powerbook g4 apple support.
I recently had to install leopard on a friends powerbook g4 using only a usb drive because the internal dvd was busted. This unfortunately seems to be incompatible with steps 16. Jan 30, 2020 learn how to use macos recovery to reinstall the mac operating system on your builtin drive or an external drive. If you succeed in downloading the os installation, your next step is to create a bootable usb.
Thats why going back to a past apple os version is problematic. Read this entire post if you have mac os x installed and want to install mac os 9 from within os x in the download folder linked below, you will find a disk image dmg file called os9general. Here is a link to apples procedure for intel powerbooks. Revive a powerpc mac running linux the mac observer. Install os 9 on the thumb drive as if it were a hdd.
Compared to the powerbook g4800 dvi that it replaced, the powerbook g41. I need to reinstall the mac os x leopard on it, but i dont have it. Here is how to install mac os 9 from a usb drive how i. I used an external lg dvd drive instead of a usb stick. Power mac g4 12inch mac os x install disc 2z6915214a. Finally, if you want to run a parallel copy of mac os x on a virtual machine, you too will need a working installation file of an older mac os x. Use carbon copy cloner to place a copy of the laptop hard drive onto the external drive. Install mac os x snow leopard from an external firewire hard drive or usb flash drive. It has a ati ragem3 video chip with only 8mb and core image runs in software mode. The g4 info is in the comments so be sure to read those. Install on a ppc mac from an external usb drive mac. Just substitute leopard for snow leopard and you should be good to go. It doesnt matter if its an ancient powerbook g4 or a slightly more recent model of macbook. Run windows and other operating systems simultaneously with mac os x.
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