On Jul 10, 2010, at 11:13 PM, Stewie de Young wrote: > > > Hi All > > > > I have a G4 Cube with a Sonnet 1.2 GHz processor. The problem I have is > > DiskWarrior 4 requires G4 up and a minimum 867MHz processor speed to boot > > from the disk The Cube was originaly 450 MHz. My Cube is now 1.2 GHz but it > > wont boot the DiskWarrior 4 disk . I have to use DiskWarrior 3. Any one > > know why? > > > > > > John Carmonne > > I installed OS10.2, 10.3, 10.4 and 10.5 onto an external FW HD with all the > correct versions of my utilities like Data Rescue, DiskWarrior, TechToolPro > plus a few others onto each partition. A simple case now of hooking up the > drive, booting over FW to the appropriate OS and running the required utility > to fix any problems. > There are from memory a few problems with upgraded CPUs and sometimes a trip > to the terminal or a firmware hack is the best fix. > http://www.brad-x.com/2007/10/27/howto-leopard-install-with-giga-designs-g4-upgrade > Some utilities I believe also rely on the Gestalt ID of a machine too for > identification purposes which can be misleading. I don't know how you'd get > around that one though. > > Stewie Slight problem for me in that I don't have an active FW port on the Cube at the moment.:-)
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