On 15-09-2011 15:06, Geke, [email protected], wrote: > I¹m trying to install 10.4 on an iBook G3 running 10.3. > It¹s the first white one, the Dual USB, with only a CD drive, and my > Tiger installer disk is a DVD. > > So I connected a G4 Mac (Snakebite) in target mode to use its DVD > drive. > But the iBook doesn¹t see the DVD or the boot drive in the G4, it sees > only the second HD in there, the original one with OS 9 installed. > > I don¹t know what¹s the problem. > More importantly: How do I get the iBook to see the other drives too? > The G4 has 10.4.11 installed and the volumes are journaled. > > If this isn¹t possible, I plan to Carbon-copy the DVD onto an external > HD with a Firewire port, then do the install with that HD connected to > the iBook. I hope that¹ll work at least...
You must boot the iBook in TDM and NOT the G4 "SnakeBite" (= a PM G4 Gigabit Ethernet dual 500 MHz). Then you will see the iBook as a HD on your SnakeBite and you can use all you want to install from your SnakeBite HD's/CD-DVD/etc to the iBook. Good luck and HTH, Jo Hissel -- 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
