G4 that wont boot to CD

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Hi all,

I am hope someone can help with this issue i am having. I was given a G4 that i was hoping to get working and install Snow Leopard. Hard drive was bad so i replaced it, cd drive was not a dvd so i replaced it with a dvd\cd-rw, memory is good, andn i have video. The issue is that when i put the cd into the drive and press the following:

* Restart your computer and immediately press the Option key. Icons for all available startup volumes will appear. Click the one you want to boot from, and then click the right arrow button to complete the startup process.

* Restart your computer and immediately press Command-Option-Shift-Delete. You must press all the keys at once. The computer will start to boot from the CD or DVD drive. If there isn't a bootable disc inside the drive when you begin the reboot, the computer will attempt to boot from another partition or drive.

* Restart your computer and immediately press the c key. The computer will look for a bootable CD or DVD and, if it finds one, will use it as its startup device.

i don't get to an option where i can format the drive and reinstall the OS.

When pressing the option button i do get a gray screen with two arrows but they don't seem to do anything.


Thank you for any help

Jon
 

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I was given a G4 that i was hoping to get working and install Snow Leopard.

The quick answer is...you cannot install Snow Leopard (OS 10.6) on a Macintosh with G4 cpu.

HTH,

- Nick
 
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wow....

that is very valuable information.... i wish i knew... just curious but do you know what os will work with the g4 ?

thank you for your help
 
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If your CPU speed is over 867MHz. you can install 10.5 Leopard. If it's below 867MHz, 10.4 Tiger.
 

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