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Hi-
My G4 tower was working fine this morning and then froze when I switched on an external G-tech harddrive via FW800 (something I do on this machine every day...).
Now it won't restart - I get the gray Apple and then 'stop sign' thing. I have tried all the usual - pram, unplugged peripherals etc. but no good - it also won't start in safe mode. I think I need to reboot using the Install disk - but my DVD drive is busted (this is an old machine...).
So, my thoughts are this - can I install the OS on a flash drive - it is 10.4 (as I said, its old!) - and then boot from there? I tried this but could not get it to work.
My other plan - I currently have my tower connected as an external drive to my laptop - via the T key on startup - so I can rescue files no problem. But, I am wondering if there is a way to boot my tower from this situation? Or, is there any disk utility stuff I can try safely via the laptop? So, far I haven't figured it out so any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
My G4 tower was working fine this morning and then froze when I switched on an external G-tech harddrive via FW800 (something I do on this machine every day...).
Now it won't restart - I get the gray Apple and then 'stop sign' thing. I have tried all the usual - pram, unplugged peripherals etc. but no good - it also won't start in safe mode. I think I need to reboot using the Install disk - but my DVD drive is busted (this is an old machine...).
So, my thoughts are this - can I install the OS on a flash drive - it is 10.4 (as I said, its old!) - and then boot from there? I tried this but could not get it to work.
My other plan - I currently have my tower connected as an external drive to my laptop - via the T key on startup - so I can rescue files no problem. But, I am wondering if there is a way to boot my tower from this situation? Or, is there any disk utility stuff I can try safely via the laptop? So, far I haven't figured it out so any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!