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Install Mac OS X Tiger on a G4 PowerPC 10:41?

January 18th, 2010 | by admin |

Hello I wanted to install two cdrom original version Mac OS X Tiger on a G4 PowerPC 10:41 where it has’ Panther 10.3.9 which does not allow me to do anything, I cannot open Flash movies in spite of downloading the flash player .. .
When I put the cdrom in the Mac, the screen that tells me he is ready to install version 10.4.1 or the Tiger and tells me to restart before the installation. When you restart do I see?
top of the screen are several lines of characters and errors various sensa sense that you can not decipher.
Why?
After reboot in order to install Tiger 10.4.1
on the display I see a lot of non sense black frases and words and this error:

panic: we are hanging here….

Not sure what you mean by "two cdrom original version Mac OS X Tiger", since Tiger came as a 4 CD set (only available to those who bought a DVD but didn’t have a DVD drive) or as a DVD. There was no 2 CD set. If these are actually CDs, not DVDs, and you have only "Disc 1" and "Disc 2", you will need to choose "Custom" when you see that button, and remove the checks/tics for printer drivers and Additional Fonts. Those are on Disc 3 and 4.

"G4 PowerPC" is the type of processor, but isn’t a complete description of your computer. It could be an iMac G4, or a PowerMac G4, or a PowerBook G4. Do you see the name of the computer on the actual plastic case of it?

"panic: we are hanging here…" is the old 10.3 version of the error message for a kernel panic. It means the computer cannot load the software for OS X. At the start of loading for the OS X system software, the basic hardware is tested. If anything fails, it goes to that message about panic. That means the error could be related to hardware (bad RAM, bad hard drive, bad processor) or to software (corruption of the file system or of OS X).

Disconnect everything but the power cord if it is a notebook, or disconnect everything but the power cord, mouse, keyboard, and one monitor if it is a desktop system. Restart. If it still has the kernel panic message, remove any added RAM and try again. Sometimes RAM that is slightly off specification can allow the computer to boot to the hard drive, but will fail to boot to the CD.

If this is a PowerMac G4 AGP Graphics, iMac Slot Loading optical drive, iBook, PowerBook with Firewire, or Power Mac Cube (1999) or later, restart holding the opt key until you see the Startup Manager screen. Try the 10.4 CD. It should appear as an icon on the screen. Click on it and press Return.

After removing the incompatible hardware, it should boot to the Tiger CD and allow you to install. Whether or not it will run correctly after adding the offending hardware back into the mix is anybody’s guess.