Question for Powerbook G4 "12 inch"

[AlePeralta]

Hi, how are you? I wanted to ask how I can install the Mac operating system, whether it be Tiger, Leopard or Snow Leopard, on a USB;

To explain myself better, I want to install the operating system from the optional drive inside a USB, everything from the Powerbook G4, the utility disk recognizes the USB but when I select it in the installation options it tells me that "it is not possible to install it on that unit"

Is there a procedure for Mac G4 that allows us to install operating systems on USB, I hope for answers, thank you very much.

 

[TheShortTimer]

Just to clarify here, do you want to install OS X onto an external USB drive or are you aiming to create a OS X installer on a USB stick?

 

[AlePeralta]

I want to install OS X on an external USB drive

 

[TheShortTimer]

I want to install OS X on an external USB drive

Understood!

Have you ensured that the external USB drive has been set up correctly in Disk Utility for PPC Macs with an Apple Partition Map? APM is essential in order to boot PPC machines.

 

[AlePeralta]

Start the Mac by inserting the appropriate installation disc.

after starting I went to disk utilities and formatted the USB as "Mac os Plus with Journal" and "GUID Partition Map"; I format it perfectly; Then I continued with the installation and when I chose where to install it, it recognized the USB but it puts a forbidden symbol (red exclamation point) and it doesn't let me install it on the USB.

 

[TheShortTimer]

"GUID Partition Map"

GUID won't work for a PowerPC Mac. It has to be formatted with Apple Partition Map as I wrote above.

It's the middle option that you need.

 

[DeltaMac]

I should point out that booting on a PPC is simpler if you have a Firewire drive. Those are getting hard to find.

I was ready to post about GUID (won't work with PPC Macs for booting), but TheShortTimer was faster.

 

[AlePeralta]

Excellent, I'm realizing that I don't have Snow leopard, my fault, I have the "Panther" 10.3.5 disk, and believe it or not, it's like there are no file schema options to choose from, it's different, I can only choose complete formats, Unix, mac with registry, etc...
More problems hahaha

 

[GMShadow]

Snow Leopard won’t work on a PowerBook either. You would need Panther, Tiger, or Leopard.

 

[TheShortTimer]

Excellent, I'm realizing that I don't have Snow leopard, my fault, I have the "Panther" 10.3.5 disk, and believe it or not, it's like there are no file schema options to choose from, it's different, I can only choose complete formats, Unix, mac with registry, etc...
More problems hahaha

Tiger can be obtained here.

Are you comfortable with downloading and burning CD/DVD images?

 

[AlePeralta]

Perfect, I'll download the image and burn it on a cd or dvd, I'll see if it will let me install the OS on the USB later