Hi, I had an issue where my powerbook g4 wouldn't boot from the harddrive or CD. To cut a long story short I went for an erase/reinstall, and because it wouldn't boot from the CD, I connected it via target disc mode to a Macbook.
Running disk utility on the Macbook, I erased the drive on the Powerbook, and after verification it came back OK. I was then told that in order to be able to install Leopard I had to reformat it to GUID Partition Table (it was on Apple Partition Map). I did this, installed Leapord, and it worked (i.e. it booted into the newly created user, via the Macbook).
I then shut down the Powerbook and rebooted it normally, it went straight to grey screen/flashing question mark. Target disc mode still works.
Are Powerbooks supposed to be formatted to Apple Partition Map after all? If so, how can I install OSX back onto it? It still won't boot from the CD!
Running disk utility on the Macbook, I erased the drive on the Powerbook, and after verification it came back OK. I was then told that in order to be able to install Leopard I had to reformat it to GUID Partition Table (it was on Apple Partition Map). I did this, installed Leapord, and it worked (i.e. it booted into the newly created user, via the Macbook).
I then shut down the Powerbook and rebooted it normally, it went straight to grey screen/flashing question mark. Target disc mode still works.
Are Powerbooks supposed to be formatted to Apple Partition Map after all? If so, how can I install OSX back onto it? It still won't boot from the CD!