You can boot mac in target disk mode and install os x from your g4
tower that way. The iMac should be able to boot from the disc when you
launch holding c key. You may want to insure that you are using a USB
cabled keyboard not wireless at startup.
DON'T PANIC!
Sent from my Electronic Thumb
On Aug 13, 2010, at 2:39 PM, Clark Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
On Aug 13, 2010, at 11:31 AM, Timo V wrote:
I bought a G4 iMac 20" from Free Geek in Portland . . . long enough
time ago that my free tech help is gone.
Ubuntu is nice, seems easier to use than Windows, to me. But I need a
Mac OS on it. Soon. And so far, no luck. The Ubuntu seems to have
disabled the optical drive!
Stick in the disk, reboot and hold down the 'c' key. If that
doesn't do it try holding down Option at boot. If that doesn't do
it, when the first boot menu from Ubuntu appears press 'x'
The upshot, so far, is that I can't get the Ubuntu to even
recognize a
CD or DVD. I've been thinking of buying an external Firewire drive
and
trying to install from that, but I'm dubious.
I don't have the foggiest idea how to install Mac OS over Ubuntu on
this Mac, especially if I cannot get a CD/DVD to boot up.
I thought of taking out the hard drive, placing it in a G4
Quicksilver, and installing it on that. But I'm not sure that would
work.
That should work just fine but I'd start with the above.
Can one install a system over a network? Please advise. I'm stuck in
Ubuntu and I want to get out!
Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
Macintosh / Internet Consulting
"I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway"
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