[G4] Running leopard on g4

Eric Smith eric-s-smith at comcast.net
Thu Mar 11 08:01:15 PST 2010


Here is the Open Firmware workaround for Macs with CPUs
less than 867MHz:

http://lowendmac.com/osx/leopard/openfirmware.html

Eric S.

Richard Klein wrote:
> I forget where I found the hack.  It involved typing a couple of lines
> into the OpenFirmware command line.  LeopardAssist sounds simpler,
> though:
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/leopardassist/
> 
> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 9:56 AM, RICHARD NORTHOUSE <rnorthouse at wi.rr.com> wrote:
>> Rich,
>> Would you please share with me what the hack is?  I too have an 800 and a
>> 733 MHz QS that I would like to put Leopard on.
>> Thanks.
>> Rich
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> From: Richard Klein <richspk at gmail.com>
>> Date: March 11, 2010 7:27:06 AM CST
>> To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers."
>> <g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
>> Subject: Re: [G4] Running leopard on g4
>> Reply-To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers."
>> <g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
>> I have Leopard running on an 800MHz Quicksilver (via a fairly simple
>> hack) and a dual-1.42GHz FW800.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 31, 1969 at 8:58 PM, Robert Walker
>> <ffalcon1 at zoominternet.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Has anyone tried to run Leopard on their G4?
>>
>> I am currently using an upgraded AGP G4.
>>
>>  Machine Name: Power Mac G4 (AGP graphics)
>>
>>   Machine Model: PowerMac3,1
>>
>>   CPU Type: PowerPC G4  (3.3)
>>
>>   Number Of CPUs: 1
>>
>>   CPU Speed: 1.4 GHz
>>
>>   L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
>>
>>   L3 Cache (per CPU): 2 MB
>>
>>   Memory: 640 MB
>>
>>   Bus Speed: 100 MHz
>>
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