[G4] G4 w/DVD RAM/ROM drive?

[Thomas J. Fobia]

Thanks Jim,
    also Steve G., Fabian F. and Wayne C. I will forward this 
information to my nephew and point him to this list (he should sign up 
since macs are new to him). Thanks again all. Sorry I posted twice,but 
my first post didn't show after 24 hrs so I posted it again. Now theres 
two identical posts, please disregard one or the other!

Tom

James Asherman wrote:

>
> On Feb 20, 2006, at 9:23 AM, Thomas J. Fobia wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>   I have a nephew who bought a G4 (450mhz) off ebay recently. It  has 
>> a DVD Ram or Rom drive (optical) and he wants to upgrade the  OSX 
>> (currently 10.1.5) to 10.4! If he purchase this (PANTHER) from  apple 
>> or another source, will he be able to install from this type  of 
>> optical drive? He cant play a normal (movie) dvd so I suspect he  
>> will have problem with installation since the 10.4 I recently  bought 
>> comes on a DVD disk. Anyone out there fimiliar with this  type (dvd 
>> Rom/Ram) of drive? Could he install a Pioneer 109 or 110  without 
>> making things worse?
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your feedback on this problem!
>>
>> Tom
>
>
> I think the best bet would be to install the software (10.4 Tiger !)  
> first with the "combo drive" that's already there.
> Then install the drive.
> If it's panther you will need a patch. google "patchburn" or ask  
> again here for the proper firmware.
>  But I think if he goes directly to Tiger the the 109 or 110 should  
> just work fine.
> Jim
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