How do you edit osinstall.mpkg, esp if it's on an (install) disc? I have a semi-lame Lombard...
Doug 37830 On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Simon Royal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. > > No Tiger runs superbly on a Lombard. I have had two Lombards running Tiger. > > I made a modded DVD to get past the installer requirements. It actually > doesn't look at your hardware, the installer has a list of machine IDs it > wont install on called 'badmachines'. > > Simply edit the osinstall.mpkg, remove the line machines and it will > install on any G3. > > I've used it on a Lombard and a tray loading 233mhz iMac with 96MB of RAM > (now that was pushing it). > > Simon > > --- www.simonroyal.co.uk and www.nmug.org.uk (sent using Nokia E71) > > -original message- > Subject: Tiger on Lombard > From: "Da'Birdman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 21/10/2008 17:11 > > > I finally got around to completing the surgery on my 1.25 ghz 12" > iBook and swapped the HD out last night. It was my first time and > took about 3 hours (ouch!). The results were disheartening. . .the > new hard drive behaved just like the old one. It won't boot. It's > beginning to appear as if the real problem is the IDE controller on > the mobo (unless you guys have other ideas. . .). I took the 30 gig > drive that I removed, and, just for fun, plugged it into a Lombard I > am rebuilding. I was expecting to be told that it is incompatible > with this computer because it is running Tiger 10.4.11. Lo and > behold, it boots! I just did a Apple Software update with no > problems. Is this a disaster waiting to happen or should this behave > normally from now on? This is definitely not something I expected. > > Scott Birdwell > DeFalco's Home Wine & Beer Supplies > Houston TX > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
