04-12-2012, 12:13 PM

Okay, so I acquired a PowerBook G4 yesterday, which currently has Tiger on it - I want to get Leopard installed though.

I can't find my original install DVD, but I do have an ISO on my backup drive, which I burnt to a DVD-R DL (my PowerBook G4 drive was a DVD-R).

Problem is the disc just ejects after a few seconds on the PowerBook. On my PC, it loads up the BootCamp installer - so the disc is fine. I purchased an external slimline DVD+/-RW drive today, which I tested on the PC - again works fine... However when I connect this drive to the PowerBook G4, the disc just keeps trying to read, but not doing anything.

Any ideas how I can go about getting Leopard on this machine? I also tried the Remote Install, via a guide - however there's no "Install Assistant" for Windows, so everything falls through at that point.

Would appreciate any ideas (asides from buying a new set of discs - they're an insane price and I do have a legitimate copy, somewhere [probably in storage knowing my luck]).

Kind Regards

04-12-2012, 01:27 PM

Keep in mind that in order to boot a PPC machine from an external optical drive, the drive should be Firewire capable. Some folks have had success with certain USB drives, but Apple says Firewire.

04-12-2012, 02:01 PM

Ah... That would be an issue - except that I can't even get that far, the disc won't read via either the built-in drive or the external drive whilst in Tiger, let alone trying to boot from the disc...

I'll have a look into a firewire to USB adapter, but I'm a little concerned that the disc doesn't read on either drive on the PowerBook regardless.

04-12-2012, 06:04 PM

Question one is the disk a full retail install DVD and not a silver grey coloured model specific disc? Question two the PowerBook has an 867MHx processor, or faster, to install Leopard?

04-12-2012, 06:13 PM

The installation media is the retail version and system is a 1.67GHz PPC.