It sounds like you have the right idea but your implementation is backwards. You want to put the iBook into target disk mode, plug a Firewire cable into it and the G4, then boot the G4 off of the install DVD. The iBook's drive should be listed as an drive option to install to.
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Geke <gevangaste...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I’m trying to install 10.4 on an iBook G3 running 10.3. > It’s 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 doesn’t 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 don’t know what’s 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 isn’t 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 that’ll work at least... > > -- > 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
