The best and easiest way for you it seems to me is to try the machine
ID spoof people use to install Leopard on too-slow g4. That is setting
the machine model in Open Firmware and putting it back after the
install.
You should be able to google up step by step directions.


On Nov 5, 12:12 pm, Anand Holtham-Keathley <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have grey 10.4 disks label for an iBook G4. I am having difficulty  
> putting the new system on an iBook G3. I do not know if it is because  
> the disks will not work with that machine or if it is because I am  
> using an external firewire DVD drive. The disk does mount from the  
> external DVD drive but there is a warning saying the disk can not be  
> used on this machine. Any ideas.
>
> Peace,
>                 Anand

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