[G4] G4 will not accept OSX

[J.M.P.Hissel]

On 08-11-2005 17:49, richard joseph, richvj at hotmail.com, wrote:

> Hi. Just signed up. Couple concerns.
> 1. I have a 350Mhz G4, bought in early 2000, still running 9.2.2 but it
> won't accept OSX. It just gets to the point with the blue screen with the
> Apple logo and the little spinning wheel. I just keeps spinning.
> I changed the original 10gig hard drive to a 40gig for operating software
> and application., I also put in an 80gig for my working files. I am running
> with about 896 megs of ram. Why will it not accept Panther or Tiger?

Is your G4 a PCI Graphics (aka Yiikes,) M7631 or a AGP Graphics (aka
Sawtooth) M6921, M7532?
The Yikes needs no Firmware Update.
The Sawtooth needs Firmware Update 4.2.8.
Furtheron I would always install Jaguar or Panther or Tiger first and after
that OS 9.2.2.
HTH,

Jo Hissel