[PB] Since we're already OT... (Loading OS X on G3)

[R B Williams]

This is an imac desktop - it has native firewire.

I stayed with panther on my imac since it has run so smoothly for a long
time ... Do you have to have a particular bit of the Tiger OS? It is rather
slow on a G3 chip

RB

Jean-Paul Thuot wrote:

> I think Tiger will only install with machines that have built-in
> Firewire.  Thus, it may just be that your book may be too old?
>
> Jean-Paul
>
> On 7/1/05, Eric F Crist <ecrist at secure-computing.net> wrote:
> > Hello List,
> >
> > I just acquired an iMac DV with a 500 MHz G3, 256MB ram, and a 30GB
> > HD.  I'm trying to install Mac OS 10.4, but the system keeps failing
> > about 95% of the way through.  I have the software restore disks that
> > were original with the system and I have fully restored the original
> > software.  From the web pages I've browsed, I need to update from
> > 9.0.4 to 9.1 and then upgrade to the 5.4.1 firmware version.
> >
> > All of these items seem to have completed successfully, but my OS
> > 10.4 installation continues to fail.
> >
> > Anyone know what's up?
> >
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