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imac G4 700mhz installing 10.5 w/ a formatted hard drive, man did I dig myself a hole
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<blockquote data-quote="red hare" data-source="post: 1091951" data-attributes="member: 165397"><p><u>The short version:</u></p><p><strong>imac g4, 700mhz</strong>, hard drive is completely <strong>formatted</strong>. 10.5 requires 867mhz to install. I'm using <a href="http://lowendmac.com/osx/leopard/openfirmware.html" target="_blank">these</a> instructions, but <strong>can't boot to the cd using "boot cd:,\\:tbxi" or option key</strong> on bootup. I can boot a CD as long as I don't use OpenFirmware to fake the processor first.</p><p></p><p><u>The long version:</u></p><p>So, I recently got my hands on an imac g4, or as you might remember, an iLamp. Man is this thing cool. I got it for free under one condition, nuke the hard drive, being a veteran Linux user and a newbie to macs I went the path I was most familiar with and wiped the whole hard drive for Linux. I figure everything after is a learning experience ;D</p><p></p><p>Here's the skinny. Now I want to install 10.5 on the thing. I obtained a copy of the OS, and followed <a href="http://lowendmac.com/osx/leopard/openfirmware.html" target="_blank">these</a> instructions. My only snafu was not being able to boot using "boot cd:,\\:tbxi" and had to mac-boot to yaboot (a PPC debian version of grub that came with my Linux) and then boot to CD.</p><p></p><p>I get into the thing and realize it's not recognizing the hard drive. I decide that clearly this must be because the things now partioned in my Linux ext3 file system as oppose to whatever voodo OSX uses, and that the installer would never thing to look for ext3. So I open disk utility on the install disk and reformat it the Mac way. After a few freezes, pram resets, and pulled hairs I manage to properly nuke the hard drive the mac way and reboot.</p><p></p><p>Now heres my deleima. I can't boot the install disk using "boot cd:,\\:tbxi" or the option key after I've used openfirmware to change the processor. Any way I can force this action?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="red hare, post: 1091951, member: 165397"] [U]The short version:[/U] [B]imac g4, 700mhz[/B], hard drive is completely [B]formatted[/B]. 10.5 requires 867mhz to install. I'm using [URL="http://lowendmac.com/osx/leopard/openfirmware.html"]these[/URL] instructions, but [B]can't boot to the cd using "boot cd:,\\:tbxi" or option key[/B] on bootup. I can boot a CD as long as I don't use OpenFirmware to fake the processor first. [U]The long version:[/U] So, I recently got my hands on an imac g4, or as you might remember, an iLamp. Man is this thing cool. I got it for free under one condition, nuke the hard drive, being a veteran Linux user and a newbie to macs I went the path I was most familiar with and wiped the whole hard drive for Linux. I figure everything after is a learning experience ;D Here's the skinny. Now I want to install 10.5 on the thing. I obtained a copy of the OS, and followed [URL="http://lowendmac.com/osx/leopard/openfirmware.html"]these[/URL] instructions. My only snafu was not being able to boot using "boot cd:,\\:tbxi" and had to mac-boot to yaboot (a PPC debian version of grub that came with my Linux) and then boot to CD. I get into the thing and realize it's not recognizing the hard drive. I decide that clearly this must be because the things now partioned in my Linux ext3 file system as oppose to whatever voodo OSX uses, and that the installer would never thing to look for ext3. So I open disk utility on the install disk and reformat it the Mac way. After a few freezes, pram resets, and pulled hairs I manage to properly nuke the hard drive the mac way and reboot. Now heres my deleima. I can't boot the install disk using "boot cd:,\\:tbxi" or the option key after I've used openfirmware to change the processor. Any way I can force this action? [/QUOTE]
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