The one problem you have is that Snow Leopard works on Intel Macs. Not
PowerPC architecture.
You should try Target Disc mode again and initialize the drive. It may be
that the person who installed it, didn't formatted correctly. Once it's
initialized and formatted using Disk Utility you can install form the DVD.
If you're still not able to run the installer from the DVD, your optical
drive might be bad as well.
If everything is good you should be able to then install Leopard 10.5 on it
(not Snow Leopard). Here are the base requirements for Leopard 10.5:
- Processor: G4 867 MHz, any G5, any Intel-based Mac
- RAM: 512 MB for client, 1 GB for Server
- Disk: 9 GB free disk space
- DVD drive for installation
- Additional feature requirements:
- Time Machine requires an additional hard drive
- Photobooth requires an iSight, USB webcam or DV camcorder, and a G5
or Intel processor. Backdrop effects require an Intel processor.
- Boot Camp requires a copy of Windows XP SP2 or Vista
- Screen sharing requires 128 kbps internet connection (300 kbps
recommend)
- Front Row "requires" a Mac with built-in IR receiver and an Apple
Remote, but in testing it apparently works fine on Macs without
a receiver
using the keyboard (including the PowerBook G4 and the Mac Pro)
- DVD Player requires a 1.6 GHz or faster processor for "improved
deinterlacing"
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 9:16 AM, D Stubbs <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Tests so far of a newly purchased (ebay) iBook, model A1134, 1.42 GHz,
> year 2005:
>
> 1) Turned machine on, get only the blinking question mark.
>
> 2) Inserted new Snow Leopard install dvd while it was 'on', it spun for a
> bit and then it self-ejected
>
> 3) Started up (with Snow Leopard dvd already inserted) with 'c' held down
> and got two symbols I am not familiar with: an arrow on right , and a
> circled arrow on left, neither were functional.
>
> 4) Tried booting from a cd of disc warrior, same no response
>
> 5) Command, Option, P, and R. to reset pram, still no change from
> blinking ? mark.
>
> 6) Started up with T held down, got the 'moving firewire symbol', hooked
> up cable to my G4 tower and got error message of " disc unreadable"
> It also gave me the option to 'initialize it'.
>
> 7) Started up with X held down, just get flashing question mark
>
> Sooo, am I right to presume it is likely the HD rather than some more
> ethereal problem?
> Could it be merely the HD install connections?
> (seller said it came with a 'newly installed' 320 Gb HD and 'no operating
> system installed')
> Could initalizing iBook's HD from my main computer (via firewire) be a
> solution?
>
> Looks like a nice next step-up from our 400 MHz Pizmo, sure eager to get it
> running.
> Thanks for any suggestions!, Del
>
>
>
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