On Oct 29, 2011, at 2:55 PM, John Carmonne wrote: > > On Oct 29, 2011, at 2:50 PM, Wolfman wrote: > >> Someone gave me an iMac G5. It is in very good condition but it has >> trouble booting up. When I hit the power button, it chimes, the large >> grey apple icon appears, and the small pinwheel is spinning but that >> is as far as it goes as it does not boot up to the desktop. I put in >> a Mac OS Tiger operating install disk thinking it would switch to that >> instead but no luck. Any ideas? >> > > I think that G5 needs a special Tiger version to boot. Whats the model # of > the iMac? But you can try safe boot by holding the shift key while booting. > > John Carmonne > Yorba Linda CA > 92886 USA > MacPro 2.66 Quad Nehalem >
I would also use Diskwarrior here to get it going. You said you get the chime so it sounds like the hardware is OK, Try the Tiger disk by selecting with the option key while booting. John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA MacPro 2.66 Quad Nehalem -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
