Forums
New posts
Articles
Product Reviews
Policies
FAQ
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
PowerMac G4 (Sawtooth) Driving Me to Drink
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="amphigory" data-source="post: 770409" data-attributes="member: 77658"><p>I have a recently acquired Sawtooth G4. Until I decided to reload OS X, it was working fine with OS X Tiger. However, I've been trying all day to get a working reload of Tiger installed on it, with no luck. </p><p></p><p>As I bought it, it had two hard drives installed, neither of them original: a 40GB Western Digital (configured as a slave) and a 250GB WD (master). The OS was installed on the 250GB.</p><p></p><p>First challenge was that my OS X CD wouldn't boot off the installed DVD RAM drive. So I replaced that with a new LITE-ON DVD-RW. That seemed to work fine, and I was able to read the install disk. However, I could not by any means get it to boot off the install DVD--when I rebooted and held the "C" key, it ignored it. When I tried to boot in single user mode (CMD-OPT-S) I got a blank screen. When I tried to get into openboot (OPT) I got nothing.</p><p></p><p>Finally, I took the 250G hard drive out and was able to get it to boot to the CD that way. However, when I installed to the 40G drive, it refused to boot from it (and still refuses to do so). I've now tried 3 separate installs on that drive: 10.4 client, 10.4 server, and 10.3 client, and they all install fine, but won't boot. </p><p></p><p>Finally, in desparation, I wiped out the 250GB hd on a windows box (reformatted it) and put it back in, intending to try to do a fresh install to it. The install started normally, however within seconds it displayed a message indicating that there had been an error in the install and requiring me to restart. When I restarted, the system no longer recognized the hard drive. </p><p></p><p>I've now tried 4 different hard drives, with a variety of different results. Only the 40GB drive appears to work at all in the machine, but the machine won't boot off it. Other drives work once--until I try to format them--then they stop working. If I put them in a Windows box after that, they seem fine I can format them etc. I've reset the pram, reset the PMU, and checked the battery, and oh yeah I replaced the IDE cable. I've also tried every combination of master, slave, cable select, etc. that I can think of.</p><p></p><p>Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions for what I can do next? I'm completely stumped at this point.</p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p></p><p>Amp</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="amphigory, post: 770409, member: 77658"] I have a recently acquired Sawtooth G4. Until I decided to reload OS X, it was working fine with OS X Tiger. However, I've been trying all day to get a working reload of Tiger installed on it, with no luck. As I bought it, it had two hard drives installed, neither of them original: a 40GB Western Digital (configured as a slave) and a 250GB WD (master). The OS was installed on the 250GB. First challenge was that my OS X CD wouldn't boot off the installed DVD RAM drive. So I replaced that with a new LITE-ON DVD-RW. That seemed to work fine, and I was able to read the install disk. However, I could not by any means get it to boot off the install DVD--when I rebooted and held the "C" key, it ignored it. When I tried to boot in single user mode (CMD-OPT-S) I got a blank screen. When I tried to get into openboot (OPT) I got nothing. Finally, I took the 250G hard drive out and was able to get it to boot to the CD that way. However, when I installed to the 40G drive, it refused to boot from it (and still refuses to do so). I've now tried 3 separate installs on that drive: 10.4 client, 10.4 server, and 10.3 client, and they all install fine, but won't boot. Finally, in desparation, I wiped out the 250GB hd on a windows box (reformatted it) and put it back in, intending to try to do a fresh install to it. The install started normally, however within seconds it displayed a message indicating that there had been an error in the install and requiring me to restart. When I restarted, the system no longer recognized the hard drive. I've now tried 4 different hard drives, with a variety of different results. Only the 40GB drive appears to work at all in the machine, but the machine won't boot off it. Other drives work once--until I try to format them--then they stop working. If I put them in a Windows box after that, they seem fine I can format them etc. I've reset the pram, reset the PMU, and checked the battery, and oh yeah I replaced the IDE cable. I've also tried every combination of master, slave, cable select, etc. that I can think of. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions for what I can do next? I'm completely stumped at this point. Thanks, Amp [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
PowerMac G4 (Sawtooth) Driving Me to Drink
Top