[G4] firmware: update needed?

[Chaim The Squirrel Keeper]

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Ronald Steinke <ronsteinke at mac.com> wrote:
> On Mar 12, 2008, at 2:18 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
>
>
> > * One way to run Leopard on an under-spec'd system would be to
>  > install it
>  > on a conforming system and then simply move the disk to another
>  > machine.
>
<snip>
>  My recommendation is to use a Firewire connection and start the older
>  machine in Target Mode, do the installation and select the older hard
>  drive as the destination of the installation. I did this with a 633MHz
>  G4 and Leopard runs as well as I can ask it to.

I forget exactly how I installed Leopard on my sister's 800MHz
Quicksilver, but it involved typing a couple lines into the
OpenFirmware prompt.  Here's another method:
http://leopardassist.sourceforge.net/

-- 
Rich