Sorry, I ain't sure should this be posted here... but here goes!!
Some of the regulars here will know that I recently aquired an age old PowerBook G4 Titanium.. and for some odd reason the seller didn't include the original system discs, so i'm left with Leopard as an OS; funny enough I don't wanna run OSX on this machine since it's MacOS9 is more fun and compatible!!
Since I'm left without workable system discs..
Guess it's time to get creative!! 😉
So... I'm resorting to installing the OS via Target Disk mode, through my Old G4 Cube. So far so good - I think... 🙄
Excuse the mess..
Firstly I restarted the Cube booting from System 9.0.1 CD, then continued to install the OS, once completed I change the Cube's startup disc to reflect the PB's and restarted once again. Now, since the PB won't boot from anything older than System 9.2, I have to patch the software prior to completing the task which can only be achieved by Booting into the newly installed System9 via the Cube. I run the updater from it's CD and hey presto moments later it's been updated to System Z 9.2..
Umm... Here's where the problem starts...
After I shutting down the Cube and restart the PB, after some time the display eventually shows the regular flashing question mark in a folder... refusing to see the System folder on it's HD Odd huh? Am I missing some enabler or something?
Some of the regulars here will know that I recently aquired an age old PowerBook G4 Titanium.. and for some odd reason the seller didn't include the original system discs, so i'm left with Leopard as an OS; funny enough I don't wanna run OSX on this machine since it's MacOS9 is more fun and compatible!!
Since I'm left without workable system discs..
Guess it's time to get creative!! 😉
So... I'm resorting to installing the OS via Target Disk mode, through my Old G4 Cube. So far so good - I think... 🙄
Excuse the mess..
Firstly I restarted the Cube booting from System 9.0.1 CD, then continued to install the OS, once completed I change the Cube's startup disc to reflect the PB's and restarted once again. Now, since the PB won't boot from anything older than System 9.2, I have to patch the software prior to completing the task which can only be achieved by Booting into the newly installed System9 via the Cube. I run the updater from it's CD and hey presto moments later it's been updated to System Z 9.2..
Umm... Here's where the problem starts...
After I shutting down the Cube and restart the PB, after some time the display eventually shows the regular flashing question mark in a folder... refusing to see the System folder on it's HD Odd huh? Am I missing some enabler or something?
