[G4] 450 OSX question

[Hal]

There was actually a release of 6.0.8 that ran on the Powerbook 100.  
I had one back in the early 1990s. You could actually set up a RAM  
disk as a boot drive and it was quite fast.


On Apr 22, 2007, at 12:12 AM, Loren Smedberg wrote:

> Back in the good ole day's I installed OS 7.1 P (for Performa) on a  
> Powerbook 100 It worked perfectly, it originally came with system  
> 6.0.7  installed. I'm thinking that I must have gotten a real early  
> edition of the powerbook because Mactracker claims that the 100's  
> all came with 7.1 preinstalled.
>
>
>> From: nagable at comcast.net
>> Reply-To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers."  
>> <g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
>> To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers."  
>> <g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
>> Subject: Re: [G4] 450 OSX question
>> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 05:12:23 +0000
>>
>> One thing about Apple OS install software:  if it doesn't work, it  
>> will tell you at the get-go.  If it installs, it will work.
>>
>> Nate
>>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
>> From: Hal <kastegir at mac.com>
>> > Um, yes. I do. I have tried to use a Powerbook G4 install CD on  
>> a G4
>> > tower and had it not work. I've also (unsuccessfully) tried to  
>> use a
>> > Mac Mini CD on a G4 Tower and had it fail.
>> >
>> > This has been the case on several occasions since I upgraded to OSX
>> > back with version 10.1.x.
>> >
>> > -Hal
>> >
>> > On Apr 19, 2007, at 11:25 AM, Philip J Robar wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> > > On Apr 19, 2007, at 8:58 AM, Hal wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> ... In many cases, system CDs that are made for specific systems
>> > >> (like this one) will not install on other systems. They look for
>> > >> specific hardware to key the install and will not properly  
>> install
>> > >> on another system.
>> > >
>> > > Do you have any evidence or references to support this assertion?
>> > >
>> > > Phil
>> > >
>> > >