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installing Leopard on PowerBook
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No- it should be fine, as long as you're not talking about Snow Leopard. 10.5 is perfectly compatible with PPC Macs. If I were you, I would make sure to max out the RAM.
I am typing this on one of the last model G4 Powerbooks. I have 2 Gigs RAM and Leopard 10.5.8. Things work just fine, no tricks needed. DVD drive reads the Leopard DVD-DL just fine. I installed on a brand new HDD and farmed my old disk out to an external case.
Just to make one thing straight, before i make the reinstallation...
If i remember correctly the guy that gave me that Powerbook had told me that he installed Leopard on it by some special way and not normally. Can this be true?
Also while the OS is starting, the screen looks like a DOS screen with a lot of text/commands running trough it... why is this happening?
techbyed do you have the same issues at boot with all those commands n stuff?
If i remember correctly the guy that gave me that Powerbook had told me that he installed Leopard on it by some special way and not normally. Can this be true?
Also while the OS is starting, the screen looks like a DOS screen with a lot of text/commands running trough it... why is this happening?
techbyed do you have the same issues at boot with all those commands n stuff?
It can be true, but it should work perfectly normally as your PowerBook is supported. Also, it sounds like your OS is booting in "Verbose Mode" instead of Normal Mode.
1. What does Verbose Mode practically mean?
2. Slower speeds?
3. Please tell me more about this and why does it run in this mode?
Take your Powerbook in to an Apple store. Sounds like you might have a logic board failure, i.e. text on the screen. Leopard should install on it just fine, if you have a retail Leopard dvd, not a gray install disc from some other computer. Have the Apple store check your ram too.
Nonsense. A logic board failiure wouldnt cause a Verbose Boot ("text on the screen") - It would either cause a kernel panic and stop it booting, or stop the machine starting completely. To the OP, try disabling verbose boot using the procedure in this article: http://osxdaily.com/2007/03/25/always-boot-mac-os-x-in-verbose-mode/. Verbose mode is just an option as Mac OS X is based on UNIX, it in effect lets you see the UNIXy underpinnings of the boot process - its a useful diagnostic tool, but could get annoying if their constantly.
im not good with numbers sorryits 1.65
That's the one I said doesn't exist
Just giving you a hard time, we all know what you mean
You could be right, i was thinking about the "you must restart your computer" screen on a logic board failure.
Ok guys, i think im ready to install Leopard, or should it be Tiger? Maybe it will run faster with Tiger? What do you think?
Anyhow what should i do in order to make the installation? How should i prepare things? I have data on the PBook that i want to save and make a clean installation!
Anyhow what should i do in order to make the installation? How should i prepare things? I have data on the PBook that i want to save and make a clean installation!