Re: 10.4 install disk will not work on PowerMac G5

2011-04-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
Because when the G5 is installed via FW like that, it's not a G5 to the installer, just another drive attached to the host computer. -- Bruce On Apr 19, 2011, at 9:04 PM, Goody2 bon...@mailforce.net wrote: However, I don't understand how I could install the OS to the G5 via another

Re: 10.4 install disk will not work on PowerMac G5

2011-04-19 Thread Goody2
On Apr 14, 11:46 pm, Fabian Fang f...@mac.com wrote: On Apr 14, 2011, at 7:41 AM, Herbert Goodfriend wrote: I recently bought a used PowerMac G5 Quad Core 2.5MHz (late 2005)   which came without any software. When I tried to install OS 10.4   (Tiger) from a retail DVD, it produced a kernel

Re: 10.4 install disk will not work on PowerMac G5

2011-04-19 Thread Kris Tilford
On Apr 19, 2011, at 11:04 PM, Goody2 wrote: 2. I am looking to buy a retail version DVD of OS 10.4.3 or higher. However, I don't understand how I could install the OS to the G5 via another computer if it is not supposed to run on the G5. I believe the installer has an artificial check prior

10.4 install disk will not work on PowerMac G5

2011-04-14 Thread Herbert Goodfriend
I recently bought a used PowerMac G5 Quad Core 2.5MHz (late 2005) which came without any software. When I tried to install OS 10.4 (Tiger) from a retail DVD, it produced a kernel panic. I was able to install from the DVD by connecting the PM G5 to a G4, putting the G5 into FireWire target

Re: 10.4 install disk will not work on PowerMac G5

2011-04-14 Thread Miguel Garcia-Gell
Hi! Check the memory ram compatibility, same brand, same amount in every slop and start to set up The module from the two first slops in the center. On Apr 14, 2011, at 9:41 AM, Herbert Goodfriend bon...@mailforce.net wrote: I recently bought a used PowerMac G5 Quad Core 2.5MHz (late 2005)

Re: 10.4 install disk will not work on PowerMac G5

2011-04-14 Thread Miguel Garcia-Gell
Also Match in pares memory RAM needed On Apr 14, 2011, at 9:41 AM, Herbert Goodfriend bon...@mailforce.net wrote: I recently bought a used PowerMac G5 Quad Core 2.5MHz (late 2005) which came without any software. When I tried to install OS 10.4 (Tiger) from a retail DVD, it produced a

Re: 10.4 install disk will not work on PowerMac G5

2011-04-14 Thread Fabian Fang
On Apr 14, 2011, at 7:41 AM, Herbert Goodfriend wrote: I recently bought a used PowerMac G5 Quad Core 2.5MHz (late 2005) which came without any software. When I tried to install OS 10.4 (Tiger) from a retail DVD, it produced a kernel panic. I was able to install from the DVD by connecting