On Aug 20, 2010, at 8:27 AM, John Carmonne wrote: > The OP stated a Mini G4 in the mix I sometimes feel that the Mini system can > be problematic I would do an install on a FW drive from any G4 867 up except > a Mini and see if I could boot the FW drive on the Gigabit. Then you may have > to reset all in the Gigabit, remove every thing from the machine including > the RAM, HDD's , PRAM battery and unplug all cables you can , hold CUDA down > for 30 secs and reinstall your parts.
Actually, it did end up being the firmware. It was still the original that I had gotten from the previous owner, which ran Tiger fine but Leopard wanted the 4.2.8 update found here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120068 Installing from Mac Mini was fine, although I reinstalled it directly from the Power Mac using the hacked Open Firmware trick. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
