[G4] G5 & Tiger Installation

jgk janetgk at ptd.net
Wed Mar 1 15:17:37 PST 2006


So what kind of G5 do I have?

   Machine Name:	Power Mac G5
   Machine Model:	PowerMac11,2
   CPU Type:	PowerPC G5 (1.1)
   Number Of CPUs:	2
   CPU Speed:	2 GHz
   L2 Cache (per CPU):	1 MB
   Memory:	2 GB
   Bus Speed:	1 GHz
   Boot ROM Version:	5.2.7f1
   Serial Number:	G85510FBT39

Janet

>You forgot to tell us what G5 model you bought. We're pretty much in 
>the dark until you say what hardware you are dealing with. I have 
>had Panther and Tiger running on a dual 2 and a dual 2.5 no problem. 
>Sounds like you have a bad optical drive - Superdrive - not so Super 
>though.
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>are much weaker and not worth paying a little less for.
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>On Feb 7, 2006, at 6:51 PM, jgk wrote:
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>>  Is there a G5 List similar to this G4 list?
>>
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