PPC Experts why cant I install 10.5 on my SSD?

[TehFalcon]

Hey guys, I have a Mint Aluminum PowerBook G4 1.67GHz, 2GB Ram.

It also has a 128GB SSD inside it with 10.4 installed.

When trying to install 10.5, the installer nor disk utility see the SSD, however the 10.4 installer does. How do I fix this? I'd like to install leopard.

 

[Amethyst1]

What kind of SSD is it (manufacturer, model)? Interface - native PATA or mSATA with adapter?

 

[TehFalcon]

What kind of SSD is it (manufacturer, model)? Interface - native PATA or mSATA with adapter?

It’s a Samsung SSD in an mSATA Adapter

 

[eyoungren]

Are you using a system specific installer (gray disc) or the universal installer?

 

[TehFalcon]

Are you using a system specific installer (gray disc) or the universal installer?

Universal Retail copy of Leopard

 

[Wouter3]

I have a Alu Powerbook with Tiger and Leopard installed in different partitions. Under Tiger my disk utility can see the Leopard partition. If your Leopard install disk utility does not see the SSD, I suggest you buy a cheap external msata to sata adapter on Amazon that can be connected to the usb input of a modern Mac. Install your mSata SSD in the adapter. You can then partition the SSD into 2 partitions, one for Tiger and one for Leopard, or one partition if you only want Leopard. Make sure you use the option to make the partition bootable by a PowerPC. Then install the SSD in your Powerbook and you should be able to install Leopard.

Hope this works for you.