[G4] G4 Sawtooth/Tiger Install

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Greetings ( + )!( + )

Bill did you read "Everything You Need to Know to Install Tiger" from  
oreilly:

http://oreilly.com/pub/a/mac/2005/04/29/tiger.html

Your problem might be your firmware revision level.
You'll find you Boot ROM Version by clicking on the "Apple" in the  
upper left hand corner and select the "About This Mac" menu. When that  
opens select the "More Info..." button and first window that opens  
will have:

Hardware Overview:

   Model Name:	Power Mac G4 (AGP graphics)
   Model Identifier:	PowerMac3,1
   Processor Name:	PowerPC G4  (3.3)
   Processor Speed:	1.2 GHz
   Number Of CPUs:	1
   L2 Cache (per CPU):	256 KB
   L3 Cache (per CPU):	2 MB
   Memory:	1.75 GB
   Bus Speed:	100 MHz
   Boot ROM Version:	4.2.8f1
   Serial Number:
   Sales Order Number:

Which can be very useful

  - Harry -
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On Feb 15, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Bill Coan wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> I am a recent novice Mac user having baught a G4 "Sawtooth" only  
> several months ago. I have done quite a bit of reading about
> upgrades and have taken a couple of simple steps on my own (I'm not  
> a novice to computers as a whole and am not squeamish
> about opening one up and doing some basic renovating).
>
> I have upgraded the memory to a full 2 GB although I understand this  
> will only recognize 1.5 GB until I install OS X (I have Tiger).
> Cut to the chase; I was told OS 9 would need to be installed before  
> I could install Tiger so I did that successfully. Now, when I try
> to install iger I get a pop-up message indicating that there is an  
> application needed to initiate the install that isn't being found but
> no reference to what that application is.
>
> Does anyone have any Idea what's going on here or has had this  
> problem before who can give me some info on how to complete
>  this upgrade?
> Thanks...Fatwilly
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