[G4] firmware: update needed?

[James Asherman]

I see another reply from Eric, maybe Tiger wasn't universal, or maybe  
you're starting with the wrong disc. In ANY case it works better if  
you put the disc in while you are booted up, and start the install and  
let it reboot itself. There should be some info you could get to solve  
this or give it up just by inspecting the contents and docs on the  
disc without booting from it, or before you double click the install  
icon.
jim
On Mar 12, 2008, at 10:55 PM, Karen H wrote:

>
>> SYSTEM RESTORE discs need a particular
>> machine. Most install OS discs are generic (There are exceptions )
>> However I don't think you can do the firewire target disc clone
>> routine from an intel to a PPC. Not a good Idea.
>>  But you could use the Intel machines OS install disc.( a single
>> disc)  Not  the system restore discs. They are two different items.
>
> Hi James -- thanks for the reply.
>
> There's an intel imac at my place, running 10.4 (with the disks that  
> shipped with it). There are two disks, labelled "install disk 1" and  
> "install disk 2." I'm assured these are the only disks it came with.  
> (so no restore disks).
>
> I just tried using these disks (even though there are 2 of them, not  
> 1) to install on my G4 GigE computer (which is running 10.3.9). I  
> inserted disk 1 into my g4, restarted holding the "C" key, and got  
> the grey screen w/ a bunch of things about kernels and debuggers  
> that I don't understand, and the start button icon in the middle.
>
> (1) was I supposed to do this via the target disk method, not  
> directly on the G4 for it to work?, or
> (2) am is my situation one of the "exception" zones?, or
> (3) something else entirely?
>
> I thought I'd try to upgrad to Tiger first, since it's been stated  
> to run faster than Panther.
>
> Thanks kindly!
>
> -Karen
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