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This collection includes downloads of Mac OS 8.5 and 8.6 install CD's for various iMac, PowerBooks, PowerMacs G3 and G4 models from 233MHz to 333mhz. Download Mac OS 8.5 & 8.6 for G3 & G4 for Mac MacOS85DE.ZIP (384.23 MiB / 402.9 MB). Installing new OS on Powerbook G4 without USB key or CD. Download the appropriate Free BSD ISO from here. Complete Apple Powerbook G4 format without disk. Assuming that the bootable media is correct for your PowerBook, you might need to boot into Open Firmware and select the optical drive. Below are references that should help. I've used a tutorial like this to load Leopard on a PowerBook G4 TI with an 800Mhz proc. Leopard requires 1Ggz to load. Unless you fool it, it refuses. Instructions to create the Classic mode startup Disk Image. If you do not already have the software updates downloaded, visit this page on Apple's site and download them. PowerBook G4/500. Original installation. Time to boot Classic - 37.43 seconds (Factory OS 9 installation).
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Apple support is here to help. Learn more about popular topics and find resources that will help you with all of your Apple products. After doing a lot of research and trying out some hints, finally I could install Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard on an iMac G5 1.8 GHz, and I would like to share with you the solution that I got. This works for PowerPC Macs that don't have a Dual Layer DVD, and you wish to install Leopard using an external.
I just acquired a PowerBook G4 (Ti) 867MHz a few days ago, the computer itself is working fine with Tiger or Leopard.
I'm trying to get Mac OS 9.2.2 running on this computer, but didn't get any luck at all. I did some online search on this issue, it seems there's no retail CD of Mac OS 9.2.2 could ever boot on this computer. The only solution to get this computer running with Mac OS 9.2.2 is to use the system restore DVD came with the computer itself.
I have called AppleCare too, but the man said they're not providing system restore DVDs for such an old computer either.
I'm wondering if there's anyone willing to sell this DVD to me, or maybe share a copy with me. That would be greatly appreciated.
The compatible DVD version should be 691-4060 or 691-4316. These two are the only two PowerBook G4 restore DVDs I want.
I'm trying to get Mac OS 9.2.2 running on this computer, but didn't get any luck at all. I did some online search on this issue, it seems there's no retail CD of Mac OS 9.2.2 could ever boot on this computer. The only solution to get this computer running with Mac OS 9.2.2 is to use the system restore DVD came with the computer itself.
I have called AppleCare too, but the man said they're not providing system restore DVDs for such an old computer either.
I'm wondering if there's anyone willing to sell this DVD to me, or maybe share a copy with me. That would be greatly appreciated.
The compatible DVD version should be 691-4060 or 691-4316. These two are the only two PowerBook G4 restore DVDs I want.
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I recently got a PowerBook G4 17' with a 1.67 GHz PowerPC CPU, 2GB of RAM, 100 GB of hard drive and running under OS X 10.5.8.
These computers are actually getting more and more obsolete, and this computer must be up to date concerning the software for a proper use (Mac OS X 10.5.8 can’t support the latest software since years).
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I decided to install FreeBSD 10.1, which has a PPC version on this Mac. As I have no bootable CD’s, I decided to create a bootable USB key for installing the OS. To do so, I must burn the ISO into the USB key using software like UNETbootin; this software doesn’t work with the old Mac because of its architecture so I had to use another computer to create my bootable USB key.
The problem is that I learned that PowerBook G4 does not accept USB booting, but I know you can install an OS directly from your computer using software like UNETbootin, but I have problems with software because of the Mac.
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If you can’t use UNETbootin because your system is out of date, instead of using UNETbootin—or similar packaged “Make a bootable USB” tools—you can create a bootable USB flash drive right from the command line in Terminal as explained here. I am reworking those instructions because there are a few unclear/out-of-date things that should be ironed out. And why not clear that up here?
First, download the appropriate Free BSD ISO from here. For this example I am downloading the
FreeBSD-10.1-RC3-powerpc-memstick.img
version of the image (which is the version tailored for USB flash drives) and saving it to the ~/Desktop
.First, let’s open up the Terminal and go to the desktop like this:
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Now, with the USB flash drive plugged into the computer run this command to get the filesystem name of the USB device:
For this example, let’s assume the device is named
disk1s1
. Now we’re going to unmount the USB flash drive from the command line like this:Okay, with
disk1s1
unmounted, run the dd
command to copy the contents of FreeBSD-10.1-RC3-powerpc-memstick.img
to the USB flash drive on /dev/disk1s1
:Now wait for it to finish copying. And when that is done, you will have a bootable USB flash drive with
FreeBSD-10.1-RC3-powerpc-memstick.img
on it.And with that said, I realized that your PowerBook does not formally allow USB booting. So that alone won’t work, but advice in this answer as well as on this page will help. And it boils down to following these two steps after creating the bootable USB flash drive:
- Boot in the PowerBook OpenFirmware (the bootstrap that loads before Mac OS X) by pressing the Apple+Alt+O+F keys at the same time right after you switch on the machine (before the chime sound).
- Once in OpenFirmware enter this command:
boot usb1/disk@1:,yaboot
. If that somehow doesn’t work, you might be designating the incorrectusb[x]/
path so try this one with0
forusb
:boot usb0/disk@1:,yaboot
. The machine should reboot and you should be now booting off of the USB.
And if none of that seems to work, the later page referenced above seems to be a more succinct answer starting from item 4 in the list of instructions. Reproducing them here for clarity, formatting and reference:
- Then you boot in the PowerBook OpenFirmware (the bootstrap that loads before Mac OS X) by pressing the Apple+Alt+O+F keys at the same time right after you switch on the machine (before the chime sound)
- Type
dev / ls
and try to find something like/disk@1
next to an entry named USB (in my caseusb@1b,1
) - Type
DEVALIAS
in the command prompt and locate the short name of the USB entry you just found usingdev / ls
(in my caseusb0
) - Make sure your USB key holds a file called
BootX
with thetbxi
attribute by listing the directory. In the following command,disk@1
should be replaced by what you found in Step 5, also every character is important (this includes colon, forward slash, etc.). Type:dir shortname_found_in_step_6/disk@1:partition_number_found_in_step_3,SystemLibraryCoreServices
(in my casedir usb0/disk@1:3,SystemLibraryCoreServices
) - If
BootX
is found with an attribute calledtbxi
then you’re all set and you can instruct OpenFirmware to boot from the USB drive:boot usb0/disk@1:3,SystemLibraryCoreServicesBootX
- Hit enter and you should be booting from the USB drive. You can then install the operating system as you would with a DVD.
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