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The specs are:
Apple PowerBook G4
Mac OS X 10.2.8
1024 MB Ram
1.33 GHz PowerPC G4 Processor
Bus Speed 167 MHz
L2 Cache Size 512K
Ok so I popped in the Leopard 10.5 Retail Version disc. I chose the install leopard option and restarted the mac. The first time I did this I got some kind of error screen (I believe it was a Kernel Panic) that showed up on top of the apple icon. I turned off the computer, turned it back on, and this time it made it to the boot up screen without any errors. The loader icon (the flashy spinner thing) went round and round but out of nowhere, just stopped. I waited and waited but absolutely nothing happened after an hour of waiting. So I tried it again, this time I made it to the leopard install screen and was able to choose my Language, then it went on to the license screen and that is where everything froze. The mouse stopped moving, everything. I've tried to reboot and retry multiple times and it is still just freezing on the install screen. So far, I'm just stuck there with no luck at all. I don't know what the problem is. I'm not exactly a computer genius, but I think it might be that the computer just isn't qualified for Leopard. On the leopard disc package, it says that the minimum requirements are a Mac with a PowerPC G4 867MHz or faster processor. I was assuming this whole time that when it said 867 MHz, it was talking about the actual processor speed (1.33 GHz) in this case. So I was thinking the Mac was perfectly qualified this whole time and exceeded the minimum requirements. Now I'm starting to think that when it says a minimum of 867 MHz it's talking about the Bus Speed, in which case I only have 167 MHz. I don't know though, I'm just really confused and frustrated. Any advice would be of tremendous help.
You should also know that I also tried connecting the two macs together with a 6-pin to 6-pin firewire, booting up his G4 in Firewire Target Disk mode, changing the Startup Disk on my PowerMac G5 to the Leopard installation disc, and tried installing on to his Harddrive that way. When I tried this I got all the way through all of the installation screens, and chose "Erase and Install" as my installation option. It would check the disc for consistency, start installing and then every time, it would just freeze everytime it got to the "Extracting Files" part. Either that or the powerbook would just shut off out of nowhere even with the AC power plugged in.
Thank You.
Apple PowerBook G4
Mac OS X 10.2.8
1024 MB Ram
1.33 GHz PowerPC G4 Processor
Bus Speed 167 MHz
L2 Cache Size 512K
Ok so I popped in the Leopard 10.5 Retail Version disc. I chose the install leopard option and restarted the mac. The first time I did this I got some kind of error screen (I believe it was a Kernel Panic) that showed up on top of the apple icon. I turned off the computer, turned it back on, and this time it made it to the boot up screen without any errors. The loader icon (the flashy spinner thing) went round and round but out of nowhere, just stopped. I waited and waited but absolutely nothing happened after an hour of waiting. So I tried it again, this time I made it to the leopard install screen and was able to choose my Language, then it went on to the license screen and that is where everything froze. The mouse stopped moving, everything. I've tried to reboot and retry multiple times and it is still just freezing on the install screen. So far, I'm just stuck there with no luck at all. I don't know what the problem is. I'm not exactly a computer genius, but I think it might be that the computer just isn't qualified for Leopard. On the leopard disc package, it says that the minimum requirements are a Mac with a PowerPC G4 867MHz or faster processor. I was assuming this whole time that when it said 867 MHz, it was talking about the actual processor speed (1.33 GHz) in this case. So I was thinking the Mac was perfectly qualified this whole time and exceeded the minimum requirements. Now I'm starting to think that when it says a minimum of 867 MHz it's talking about the Bus Speed, in which case I only have 167 MHz. I don't know though, I'm just really confused and frustrated. Any advice would be of tremendous help.
You should also know that I also tried connecting the two macs together with a 6-pin to 6-pin firewire, booting up his G4 in Firewire Target Disk mode, changing the Startup Disk on my PowerMac G5 to the Leopard installation disc, and tried installing on to his Harddrive that way. When I tried this I got all the way through all of the installation screens, and chose "Erase and Install" as my installation option. It would check the disc for consistency, start installing and then every time, it would just freeze everytime it got to the "Extracting Files" part. Either that or the powerbook would just shut off out of nowhere even with the AC power plugged in.
Thank You.