[G4] Loading Leopard

James Asherman jimash at optonline.net
Tue Jan 8 21:47:58 PST 2013


https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2527587?start=0&tstart=0

I am a little shaky on the details but I have done exactly this in the past about 5 times.
USe a utility to trick the installer into thinking you have a 1 Ghz processor.
You don't have to actually overclock it , just tell it it's ok .
Then run the thing conservatively and it will work well.
Jim
On Jan 8, 2013, at 7:08 PM, Kristen wrote:

> 
> On Jan 8, 2013, at 5:06 AM, WARREN TAYLOR wrote:
> 
>> I don't know if the last message went through you, you have to re clock your processor, heres where you go http://sourceforge.net/projects/leopardassist/
> 
> The poster already states he has a 867 Ghz[sic] G4 processor. Which meets the minimal requirements for a Leopard install on a PowerBook.
> 
> The real question is: What happens or what message is received when he encounters his "none load" or "not loading" instance? That message will tell us what is happening and we do not know
> 
> Kristen
> 
>> 
>> On Jan 7, 2013, at 10:10 PM, John Sparks wrote:
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>>> 
>>>  Hello Guys:
>>> 
>>> Subject: Loading Leopard OS X 10.5.1 on a G4 Powerbook 867 Ghz, 15 Inch Ti.
>>> I have the correct disk, have & 1gb memory.
>>> I tried the normal with Tiger Sy already,installed, and found out not enough memory, so installed (2) 512 Gb cards. Now it would not load the disk. I wiped the drive clean & tried again, not loading.
>>> Then I tried to Target Disk Mode from my Mac Pro which has S/leopard. This was a none load.
>>> 
>>> Any suggestions on helping to load OS 10.5.1 on my G4 P/B?
>>> 
>>> Thanks for suggestions.
>>> Sparknock
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