Booting your ibook g4 from a usb stick ben collins. Another use of target disk mode is to boot your mac from the target disk mac. The d key forces the powerbook bronze keyboard and firewire to boot from the internal hard disk. A guy in rlinux told me i could ressurect a powerbook with bsd openbsd he mentioned specifically let me piggyback on this thread since i need to ask. Solved old powerbook g4 wont boot from any install disc. The powerbook g3 is a series of laptop macintosh personal computers designed, manufactured and sold by apple computer, inc. Ive used a tutorial like this to load leopard on a powerbook g4 ti with an 800mhz proc. The refresh is automatic when you add a new one device that is bootable. Revive a powerpc mac running linux the mac observer. It had been tested with all mac mini models, powermac g4 3,5 and 3,6, powermac g5 7,3, powerbooks 5,65,9, ibooks 6,5 and possibly more. Installing new os on powerbook g4 without usb key or cd super. Finally, the pismo powerbook can be used as an external firewire drive in firewire disk mode.
How to install mac osx from usb on a powerpc powerbook g4. As a work around for the problem, and to enable you to move data from your g4 to the g3, boot the g3 into target mode while connected to the g4. Upgrading ram is easy and requires minimal disassembly. I eventually gave up and decided to wipe the hard drive and do a reinstall of the system. Choose your language english when you get to the install. It is the only way to boot the machine from anything but the hard disk or the cdrom. I bought a powerbook g4 from an individual without the install discs. I just got an image of a folder with a question mark flashing on it. I held down the option button but all that shows up is the main drive but when i get into os x the contents of the cd shows. Looking through mactracker, only the original powerbook g4 jan 2001 to oct 2001 would be old enough to boot from 9. This is a bad thing, but at least i learned how to do some cool things with my mac at boot time. In linux this model is pretty much done since mesa no longer supports the radeon card, i see that the mesa version in openbsd is pretty much the same. It wouldnt boot from the usb when holding down option or c though i could get a menu. Oct 04, 2012 installing ubuntu on powerbook g4 osx 10.
Notebooks and blackouts, charles w moore, book value, 2008. Start your powerbook from the cd and select disk utility from the installer menu. Os x booting from cd on powerbook g4 apple dslreports. Oct 05, 2015 if you have a firewire disk its much easier. You see, the powerbook g4 does not allow booting from. I did format the usb stick as apple partition map first in case that makes a difference. After reading instructions on how to install i loaded the disk and restarted, holding down. Macs will not boot an older mac operating system than shipped with them. A guy in rlinux told me i could ressurect a powerbook with bsd openbsd he mentioned specifically. System profiler on the imac is saying that the powerbook is connected through target disk mode.
All powerpc g4 and g5 macs supported by morphos should be able to boot using this method. Keep holding down the c key until you see the apple logo. Known issues on newworld apples, there is a known bug in the bootloader, that prevents you from loading an alternate kernel, so testing your kernel is a bit risky. I had the same problem recently broken internal cd on my powerbook g4 ti, and heres how i got kubuntulinux installed from a kubuntu 6. When i tried to boot my powerbook g4 in lir i would get the chime, i would hear the hard drive start and then stop. Basic features of your powerbook 18 additional features of your powerbook 20 inside your powerbook 22 about mac os x 24.
The t key forces the powerbook firewire and reportedly the power mac g4 agp graphics, though i was unable to verify that on my machine to start up in firewire target disk mode, which is essentially the modern equivalent of scsi disk mode. How to add a second monitor to your pc or laptop duration. Powerbook g4 no boot after shut down forum macos reset my mac powerbook g4 back to factory settings no disk forum system software. Some older g3 models can access open firmware via an external terminal. The last few generations of macs which could boot mac os 9 require a modelspecific 9. After reading instructions on how to install i loaded the disk and restarted, holding down c to boot the disk. Usually i have to wait for a couple of hours but eventually it will boot again. I had to put in the exact location of bootx for my g4 17 to work. Forces the first internal hard drive to be the startup disk n. The mac would then go to a gray screen and eventually go to the no disk icon. Thankfully, somewhere about the time the imac g5 with the ambient light sensor als was released, apple tweaked their open firmware, which allowed us. Only works with apple rom drives and with bootable cd discs. Hold down the c button while booting to boot from the cd. Hello i have powerbook g4 when i boot up suddenly the system initialize and it takes to long to show the desktop.
Use the option key, when possible instead of c key to boot. If i play with the brightness, it will come back temporarily and then black out or make a flickering and high pitch almost crackling sound at times. Most apple g3g4 systems use a modified version of the open firmware standard. I tried entering c multiple times and also holding it down through the booting up process, and also. Let me piggyback on this thread since i need to ask. Forces most macs to boot from the cdrom drive instead of the internal hard drive. First off, i have tried and tried again over the years to boot various powerpc macs via a usb2 disk.
Powerbook g4 cannot detect hard disk apple ios os help. So i have a old, lovable g4 12 powerbook that i think has a dead hd. Powerbook g4 no password or install discs solved ccm. Also i have the os x cd and i seem to be unable to boot from the cd. Netboot new world rom machines only looks for bootp or tftp server on the network to boot from r. Startup disk for a powerbook g4 on startup, the g4 only shows a flashing folder with a question. Apple startup disk for mac free download and software.
Powerbook g4 does not recognize hard drive macos forum ccm. Put the current operating system disk the disk that came with your computer unless you have upgraded, in that case use the new system disk in the superdrive and restart your imac while holding down the letter c key on your keyboard. Recently, the hard drive in my powerbook g4 started making horrible clicking noises, i immediately turned it off. Boot in the powerbook openfirmware the bootstrap that loads before mac os x by. I found many other keys that might work, but i havent verified anything except whats listed below. How to wipe a powerbook g4 without disk best answers. There are 3 install disks that came with my ibook g4. Getting started with your powerbook g4 apple support. My powerbook g4 will not start up in target disk mode. Open firmware acts as a type of bios for the powerpc system, it is responsible for identifying various hardware components and uses a series of environment variables to all the user or developer to modify the boot behavior. Or, you can get a fw400 cable and connect the imac and powerbook, put the powerbook in target disk mode hold t when you turn it on until a firewire logo appears on screen, and then see if you can access the powerbook drive on your imac. Have a 12 powerbook g4 that i could not get to boot with the os x version 10.
Ive checked all these on my system running mac osx 10. If all that fails, pop in your mac os install cddvd, hold c to boot from, run disk utility to repair the drive andor permissions. Macinternet services for mac users 25 sherlockyour internet search detective 26 apple. The powerbook g4 is a series of notebook computers manufactured, marketed, and sold by apple computer, inc. Installing tiger by usb on wiped powerbook g4 macrumors forums. Assuming that the bootable media is correct for your powerbook, you might need to boot into open firmware and select the optical drive. Powerbook g4 wont boot apple ios os help fix mac iphone. Pismo powerbooks will not boot with a dead pram battery.
Powermac g3, g4 cube included, or g5 with firewire, or some usb only powerbook g3, mac mini g4, or ibook g3 or g4 with firewire links to tip. Mac powerbook g4 problems booting from cd and start up. Apple powerbook g4 firmware for mac free download and. If you have one of these, you need an external terminal or another pc that. Another problem i have is that it often refuses to reboot. Use the option key, when possible instead apple community. Your macbook pro uses a higher operating system than your powerbook will take. The powerbook g4 runs on the risc based powerpc g4 processor, designed by the aim apple ibm motorola development alliance and initially produced by motorola. I imaged the dvd to an 8gb usb stick in disk utility. I lost the original powerbook g4 12inch startup disks. By holding optionalt, i used to get a boot screen, but i dont get that now, when i started trying this dvd. I have a powerbook g4 and recently it would not boot up past the mac os x loading screen and will stop at printing services.
Feb 10, 20 usb installs are pretty tricky with the powerbook. Tips on keeping a firstgen macbook air from throttling back with coolbook, using g4fancontrol with a g4 powerbook, and the fastest mac that can boot mac os 9. Unable to boot to live dvd on mac powerbook g4 ask ubuntu. It was the first laptop to use the powerpc g3 ppc740750 series of microprocessors, and was marketed as the fastest laptop in the world for its entire production run. Mac powerbook g4 boot problems on the road flyertalk. I have the leopard iso, but none of my dvd drives will burn dual layer, so i needed to use the usb route. Hello, my powerbook g4 would freeze about 30 seconds after start up, so i tried to repair with disk utility and it did not help the problem. This can be helpful if your mac has a problem with its own internal drive, and you need to be able to boot the mac in order to reinstall the os or perform repairs. Feb 03, 2020 on intel macs, the startup manager also boots with the option key, but it looks like this. Ram increases speed and performance of applications. After two hours of using the various key combos i know of i. If you are using mac os x you must boot from a local. Do i need to use an apple bootloader to trick my powerbook into thinking its booting mac os and then slip in the linux disc or what.
Jun 11, 2007 as a work around for the problem, and to enable you to move data from your g4 to the g3, boot the g3 into target mode while connected to the g4. You should be able to partition and format a working drive in your pm, boot from the 10. Aug 17, 2010 booting your ibook g4 from a usb stick so i spent the better half of the night trying to figure out how to make my ibook g4 boot from a usb stick. I need to delete the previous owners info and set it up for me. Hi im new to the threads and in need of some help, i have an older powerbook g4 with a 1. Using disk utility, select the appropriate drive, click the erase tab, click the options button and use the 8 way random write format method.
Use the option key, when possible instead of c key to boot discs. I tried entering c multiple times and also holding it down through the booting up process, and also did the same with cmd opt shift delete with the same freezing result. May 11, 2016 assuming that the bootable media is correct for your powerbook, you might need to boot into open firmware and select the optical drive. These machiens are normally referred to as newworld macs. Aug 05, 2008 i have a powerbook g4 and recently it would not boot up past the mac os x loading screen and will stop at printing services. There are a number of components in the powerbook g4 aluminum 15 11. Your friends powerbook g4 is probably too new to be supported by your universal 9. Or, you can get a fw400 cable and connect the imac and powerbook, put the powerbook in target disk mode hold t when you turn it on until a firewire logo appears on screen, and then see if. Tried macboot and anything else i could find on the net. The powerbook is now booted up in target disk mode i have the bouncing firewire icon, connected to my imac, but for some reason i can get the powerbook to show up in the imacs finder. To subscribe to this list, send an email to or visit the mailman interface.
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