Dan Knight has some Tiger CD disk images he's working on currently on his own clamshell, so I might have the means to install Tiger shortly. As to the 1024x768 video, where's a good site to read about this mod?
I wish I had my iMac G4's SuperDrive working again. It needs to be replaced (tore down the drive to find that a crucial plastic piece had broken and couldn't be glued back one). It's my only disk-burning Mac in the house. On Jun 14, 7:22 pm, Kris Tilford <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jun 13, 2011, at 9:42 PM, Austin Leeds wrote: > > > I would, but my clamshell is a 300 MHz, one of the originals. It can't > > handle the XGA LCD, and I don't have FireWire with which to install > > Tiger. > > You don't need Firewire, the limitation is artificial. I've got a > 366MHz without Firewire running 10.4.11 just fine, and it has the same > 4MB Rage video also, which should be sufficient for 1024x768 if you > are so inclined. You would need at least 256MB RAM (320MB w/64MB built- > in, and preferably512MB (576MBw/ built-in RAM) to run Tiger. You'd > also need enough HD space to have 4GB free space after the install. > > There are several ways to install Tiger onto a non-Firewire clamshell > or iMac. > > #1) The easiest is probably to use XPostFacto 4 to boot the Tiger > install CD and install directly. Once you've completed the > installation, DO NOT install the XPF stuff onto your HD, and if there > is any XPF stuff, delete it because the clamshells & iMacs do not need > XPF extensions, they can run pure vanilla Tiger without any additions. > > You should note that Tiger came in two versions, a CD set of 4; and a > DVD. You'd probably need the CD set to install, but if you have an > internal DVD drive or an external USB DVD drive you can use the DVD > version. The reason you need XPF 4 is because it "should" allow you to > install by by-passing the installer disc's model check script. Without > XPF you'd need a modified installer disc or clone of an installer disc. > > #2) The second option is to create a modified installed disc or clone > of an installer disc that contains an OSInstall.dist file that has no > limitations on the installation. It would probably be easiest to clone > the installer disc or DVD onto a USB thumb drive and then change the > OSInstall.dist file. Then you can boot the USB thumb drive to install > Tiger without the limitation. Alternatively you can burn a CD or DVD > with the modified OSInstall.dist file. > See:<http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20051211074138859 > > > > #3) You can clone any previously installed Tiger OS from another Mac > or external HD onto the clamshell HD. There are many ways to do this > that will work, although some methods have some residual issues such > as some invisible folders will become visible on the clone and need to > be changed later. I have cloned Tiger installations using OS 9's Disk > Copy 6.5b13 which is the ONLY version that can create a bootable clone > of OS X from within OS 9. From within OS X the best solution is Carbon > Copy Cloner, although you may also use Disk Utility's Restore function > to clone. You'd want to clone over a shared network connection, so > you'd want to clone onto a new partition of the clamshell HD. If the > HD is small, not a good idea. > > #4) Remove the HD from the clamshell and install onto it by placing it > into a Tiger supported Mac or into an external HD enclosure and then > install using a Tiger supported Mac. > > There are probably other ways if you're inventive. Booting USB from > the clamshell is slow, and normally requires a self-powered USB drive > that is mounted and functional before the reboot. I believe you can > boot USB thumb drives based upon reports of others, but I've never > done this myself. I have booted many USB HDs & optical drives on > clamshells without Firewire, but this too is problematic. It will only > work using Startup Disk from OS 9 or best to use the Option key at > boot (sometimes rebooting many times before the USB option is > available). USB booting will NOT work using Startup Disk from OS X. > > A 300 MHz clamshell is too slow for any video in OS X, but everything > else works fine in Tiger. Tiger is quicker and MUCH better supported > than Panther, so you should upgrade ASAP in my opinion. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
