Can't install OS 9 or OS X on my cube

'lo all,

Right, it goes like this. A friend gave me his G4 PowerMac Cube 450Mhz which has Ubuntu Linux installed... I have the original "Software Install" disks from my normal G4 PowerMac and and an OSX 10.1 upgrade cd. Thinking that both the G4 and Cube G4 are PowerMacs, I tried booting the cube with the Software Install cd in and holding down c, but to no luck at all. Will a retail pack OSX do the trick or is there something else that i need to do?

The original pre-OS X install disks (including 9) had "enablers" for the specific machines they came with. OS X kept up the tradition that forces the purchase of generic installers.

So, basically I need to get the original install disks for the cube.

Dragonfly said:

So, basically I need to get the original install disks for the cube.

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No, get the generic installer — and if you want OS 9, that generic installer, as well.

Just a thought. Maybe OS 9 on the G4 install disks is generic because of the dual-boot Classic business that Apple was selling at the time of the switchover to X. It might load on its own.

Brown Study said:

Just a thought. Maybe OS 9 on the G4 install disks is generic because of the dual-boot Classic business that Apple was selling at the time of the switchover to X. It might load on its own.

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I've tried the powermac and imac G4 install disks, no luck. I'll get a generic install cd off ebay and try again.

Thanks for the help :batman: