02-19-2006, 08:02 PM

[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]Hello, this is my first post and my first mac. A friend of mine gave me a nice g3 from a graphics firm its got a 450mhz processer and 640m of ram. here is were its gets all messed up, im trying to install OSX 10.4 and it wont boot from the cd cause the PRAM battery is dead so i baught a new battery( the radioshack one) and after switching the battery and resetting/seating the ram it boots normal then to a screen asking somthing like "type boot to continue" but at this point the keyboard wont type. If I switch back to the old dead battery os 9.4 boots up fine.
I would like to upgrade to osx 10.4 along with a new seagate 200gb hardrive I baught what steps/order do i need to do this in to be sucessful?????. thanks,
Clemens.

02-20-2006, 12:04 AM

hi and welcome to the board!

You g3 can't tecincally run tiger nativly. You need to install a patch program called Xpostfasco first.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/osx-center/

secondly, you may need to update your computer's firmware as well.

Also you have to install OS X on a partition 8gb or less. Boot up your computer with a OS CD and format the drive first, or OS X won't install. Good luck and enjoy your beige! I have always loved those computers, and feel that they are very upgradable.

check out http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/systems.html
for more links and useful information about your mac.

02-20-2006, 09:06 AM

Originally Posted by macEfan

You g3 can't tecincally run tiger nativly. You need to install a patch program called Xpostfasco first.

Not true. There is no reason why OS X 10.4 wouldn't run "natively" on that Mac. In my experience, XPostFacto is only needed for systems that do not meet the hardware requirement minimums (ie: beige G3's, systems w/o FireWire..etc.). In your case, it is not needed.
The system requirements are simple:

Originally Posted by Apple's Tiger System Requirements

Mac OS X Version 10.4 requires a Macintosh with:

PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor
Built-in FireWire
At least 256MB of physical RAM
A built-in display or a display connected to an Apple-supplied video card supported by your computer
At least 3.0 GB of available space on your hard drive; 4GB of disk space if you install XCode 2 developer tools
DVD drive for installation

If you don't have a DVD drive, then you can purchase a CD version of the install media.