[ninja007]

Hello:

Here is my situation.

I currently have a:

Power Macintosh G4 (PCI)
CPU 400Mhz PowerPC G4 (2.6)
1 gig of RAM
20 gig HD
Boot ROM Version 1.1.2f2
Sony DVD RW DW-U21A drive
Mac OS 10.3.9

I am trying to upgrade to MAC OS 10.4

I have tried using:

a copy of a MAC OS 10.4 DVD

an original MAC OS 10.4 DVD

a copy of MAC OS 10.4 CD version

and all of them give me the same results,

I get the folder/question mark then it boots to OS 10.3.9 on the hard disk.

I have also tried holding down the "C" key durring boot up and get the same
results.

Also FYI the Sony DVD drive does read and write successfully both CD-Rs and DVDs.

Is there any way of manually installing MAC OS 10.4???

Maybe using the terminal program???

Any suggestions would be appreciated....

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Jorge

[brokecollegestudentF04]

find a machine with a DVD Drive.. boot the G4 in target disk mode by holding the T key connect a firewire cable btwn the 2 and then boot the other machine with the tiger install disk and install on the hard drive that pops up in the installer.. really easy

[ninja007]

Thanks for the reply.

Is there any other way, if I do not have access to another Macintosh??

[Sherman Homan]

Sounds like the DVD drive is the problem, it functions as a burner/reader but it won't allow the Mac to boot. Either the Target mode trick or an external optical would work.

[Tsilou B.]

If you don't have another Mac, you could try XPostFacto. I'm not sure if it will work on your Mac, because it's really made for old Macs that don't support 10.4 anymore. Simply try it. Do this:

1.) Start XPostFacto and insert the 10.4 install DVD
2.) Double-click the install DVD that appears in the XPostFacto window. An information window should be displayed where you can select a "Helper drive" (Do not use the "Helper drive" menu in the main window. You really need the window that appears after double-clicking the icon of the Install DVD in the main window.)
3.) Select your hard drive as the helper drive.
4.) Click "OK", then click "Install from CD/DVD" and confirm it. (Should your Mac eject the DVD, put it back in immediately.)

XPostFacto will copy DVD drivers to your hard drive, then boot from the hard drive, load the DVD drivers and THEN load the installer from the DVD. This should work.

[OreoCookie]

Have you run Apple Hardware Test on your machine?

[ninja007]

Hello:

Where is this "Apple Hardware Test" located??

Thanks...

[OreoCookie]

It's a separate CD that is included with each new Mac (for Intel Macs, it's on the install DVD, though).

[ninja007]

To All:

Thank you very much for your help.

The XPostFacto program work just like you stated.

I was able to install Mac OS X 10.4 successfully.

I was then able to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.4.8 via
Software Update over the internet..

I have one last request.

When the Macintosh is booting up, the screen is showing all
the files / commands that it is executing on the screen ( I believe
that you call it verbose mode )

How can I tell the system not to go into verbose mode and just show
the "normal" graphical screen with the Apple logo.

Please advise.

Thanks again to all....

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Jorge

[ninja007]

To All:

I was able to find out how to turn off verbose mode.

1. open the Terminal.

2. A window will open with a text prompt.

3. At the prompt type: sudo nvram boot-args="”

4. Type in exit to exit out of Terminal

Take care....

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Ninja