How to install Leopard correctly

I just bought my wife a powerbook G4 1.33GHz laptop, I want to upgrade to Leopard but was told that the Intel install discs do not work on the older powerpc laptops. If this is the case where would I buy a copy of Leopard that will work on a powerpc laptop?

Occam's Razor: Sometimes the simplest explanation tends to be the correct one.
I had the exact same error message pop up, and I almost went to the depths of the earth to fix this. Before I spent hours trying to recalibrate and god-knows-what-else, I purchased another package of DVDs, and that was all it was: a package of really crappy DVDs was not cooperating with my lappy.
Not to assume that this EASY solution isn't one that any of you have tried, but sometimes something as obvious as this is easy to disregard.

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    Use Disk Utility to restore the DMG to a blank partition, then use the Startup Disk preferences pane to reboot from that partition. Why not just install from the DVD, though?

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    hello...
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    Question.. How can i install Leopard on this iMac??
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    thanks..

    You may find a better answer on the "G5" forum...but, I had no problem installing Leopard on my son-in-law's 2005 G5, 20" iMac. I don't understand why it won't load from the built in disk drive since this is the way I installed it.
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  • How to install Leopard to external hard drive & boot the eMac from it.

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    Message was edited by: cwebb

    how do I load Leopard on the external drive
    Install it normally. The drive must be connected with FireWire.
    Would it be best to do all the formatting and installation from my own MacBook Pro?
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  • How to Install Leopard on G4 with no DVD Drive

    I have a G4 Quicksilver Dual 1GHZ and the internal optical drive is dead and I need to install OSX Leopard on the Computer
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    Well, some hardware problems won't show up until it heats up enough, or until a certain spot in RAM is needed, or certain multitaskung things are taking place.
    One way we used to test CPUs & RAM on macs was to create a huge DMG while pplaying iTunes & running Power Fractal.
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    Boot off your Apple Hardware Test Disc , then run the extended Apple Hardware Test. Your model would have a separate AHT CD.
    Here's the list and downloads for AHT for some G4 models if you don't find yours, some G4s only have it on the Original Install Disc...
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    The Memory test can really only be trusted if it finds a problem, not if it doesn't find a problem.
    Memtest OS X...
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  • How to install Leopard when disc drive is broken

    Because the inbuilt CD/DVD drive has broken I use an external disk drive via USB (a LaCie d2). The Leopard install disc reads perfectly well from the LaCie drive (as you would expect) but when (at the very beginning of the install process) it prompts a Restart, the system simply restarts using the old OSX software instead of booting up from the Leopard install disc in the external LaCie drive. I guess this is because it only looks on the hard drive and the in built (now broken) CD/DVD drive. Does anyone know the best way of getting the install to work?
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    You can obtain an external hard drive with a Firewire port & clone the Leopard installer disc or restore an image of it to that drive. (Simply copying files won't work because that will not create a bootable disk.) You cannot copy
    For more info on creating disk images & restoring them to other disks, see the Leopard help topic on your Mac, "*Restoring a disk or disk image to another disk*" & the topics it links to, like "*Restoring a disk image to a disk*." For more info on cloning, check out products like Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper!.
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    However, since you really should have an external drive for backups whether or not you are installing the new OS, you can combine this with the installer disc clone/restored image as follows:
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    2. Before putting the drive into service, use Disk Utility to partition it into two or more volumes. One of them just needs to be a bit bigger than the total capacity of the installer disc, say 10 GB. Make this the last volume of the drive & you can delete it later if you wish but you probably will want to keep it around for future installs.
    3. Use the above method to create the bootable version of the installer disc on this partition, restart from it using the option key method to invoke the Startup Manager, & install the new OS on the internal drive from it.
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  • Look Here - How to install Leopard on G5s

    I have had all of the issues... source media bad, voiceover thing not verifiable - in fact the Leopard installation process has been terribly problematic at all levels... and I have had no success - until now.
    I received a hint from a comment at the Apple Store Bar thing... The guy said it was bad memory. But this is in itself a bit suspicious... I mean define "bad".
    First the memory is all Apple certified etc. It has been running in my G5 since day 3 of getting the Tower. I have two utilities - one supplied by Apple Care - reporting the memory is good... so "bad" might mean it is being declared bad by something in the installer. Especially because of the following tests:
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    Deleted drives, repartitioned etc... and in each case below I completely repartitioned etc.
    Installed 10.3 from cd - no issues
    Stared over
    Installed 10.4 from cd - no issues
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    Installed 10.5 from DVD - fails with media error - after verify good and 4.6 gigs of install
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    Installed 10.5 from FW HD copy of DVD - fails with media error - after verify, and several disk checks etc. and 4.6 gigs of install
    Removed one of my hard drives
    Start over
    Installed 10.5 - fails at a different point, but in the same manner
    Remove 4 of 4.5 gigs of RAM
    Start over
    Installed 10.5 from DVD - Success! But it took almost twice as long!
    So it looks like the RAM really is bad... I mean it is "bad" to the 10.5 installer process. It is good everywhere else. And of course, even before the very first reboot for the new OS, I stopped it from re-powering up and I reinstalled all of the RAM... runs like a champ... and it likes my "bad" memory.
    But now I want this running on the hardware configuration I want and that Apple says is supported... I want it on a stripped RAID set. Here is the plan!
    Currently making a sparse image, of the successful 10.5 install volume, via CCC and placing it on a FW 800 drive.
    Next I will make a sparse image of my good and current 10.4 RAID for backup
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    Then put G5 in target disk mode
    Use my MBP and CCC to copy the sparse image of the good 10.5 on the FW 800 over the newly created RAID set.
    That is the plan anyway...
    I know many people are looking to their cd/dvd drives as the issue. But if that were the issue, then install from a FW Drive would work... and ti does not... in fact it files the exact same way...
    Therefore, we are looking to an IO issue. Possibly a bus or channel lane thingy thing issue... but IO, not HD.
    And by the way, it looks like having multiple drives present during the install can be an issue...
    Good luck.

    Well, I certainly hope the posts have helped... I get a great deal of help here in the forums and it is good to be able to provide some back...
    To be clear, I obviously do not think the RAM is bad. Also, I think my DVD reader is just fine since once I removed the RAM, it was from that DVD reader I installed Leopard. I also do not think Leopard is "broken" other than I think the installer has some refinement issues.
    By digging through the posts it seems, to me anyway, that what is causing these issues is a "Tolerance" issue. I do not mean this too technically but think of it this way...
    What if the applications Apple is leveraging for the install process perform some function that requires memory to have some spec that is, making up numbers here, 1.341201 - but most RAM only reports to 4 decimal places? Then the RAM is bad to the installer. But not bad elsewhere...
    Don't get hung up in the details of my example, just think of the broader idea in the example.
    Same thing for DVD players, hard drives, etc. This would fit with Apples tight control on hardware. This is not necessarily a "bad" thing... even if it does cause all these issues.
    I am willing to guess that a good number of the people reporting issues here have one of the following environments:
    Hardware NOT supplied directly by Apple
    Software, not supplied by Apple, running while upgrading
    Both
    But I an not blaming the user either. You definitly should be able to have those things.
    I intend to experiment with my Leopard installs. My next test is to remove the RAM again and put in non-apple hard drives in a RAID 0 configuration. My guess is it will fail. I guess this because one thing I noted in all my dealings with this install process is... Speed = failure. Slowing the machine down lead to the failures taking place at a further point in the instal [ignore actual duration]. And this makes me think my DVD reader cannot IO with my RAM without timing issues... Is that a bad DVD player? Or DVD? Or RAM, or BUS? I think not but only because once it actually gets installed it runs fine, although the Dock and other animations are a bit jerky - but so am I
    So it is tolerances... I guess.

  • How to install Leopard on external Hard-drive

    hi can somebody tell-me how to install Mac OS X 10.5 on to my external Hard drive????

    Well, an USB HD is useless with a PPC computer because you can't boot with it. So, installing OS X onto it is an exercise in futility. Return it for one that has FW or get another one. Amazon is offering an ext enclosure + 1 TB Seagate for $130 USD at http://www.amazon.com/Macally-G-S350SUA-Hi-Speed-FireWire-Enclosure/dp/B000P1NAM O/ref=pdbbs_sr1?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1240278380&sr=8-1

  • How to install leopard on G5 with Broken DVD drive?

    The DVD drive on my Dual 2.7 GHz PowerPC G5 went bad. I have a MacBook Pro running Leopard with a good internal DVD drive. Can I put the leopard install disc in my MacBook Pro then put the Macbook Pro in Target Disc mode, connect it via firewire to my G5 and install Leopard on my G5 that way?

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    When plugging a target disk mode running mac into another mac via firewire, the mac's drives (all hard drives and all optical drives - if media is inserted) will show up on the recipient mac. Therefore, use the good computer with good optical drive to put the disc media in, then start it in target disk mode. Finally plug it into the G5 with firewire cable (prefer 800 if your MBP has that). You will then see the drives and DVD, you can even restart the G5 holding down 'C' and it will boot from the CD drive of the other mac (it will try its own first - if available).

  • HT3810 How to install leopard on a 10.4 correctly

    Steps reguired to install snow leopard onto my 10.4?

    First, you have to determine if your system is capable of running Snow Leopard.
    General requirements
    Mac computer with an Intel processor
    1GB of memory (make that 2 GB minimum)
    5GB of available disk space (more like 30 GB)
    DVD drive for installation
    Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.
    Some features require Apple’s MobileMe service; fees and terms apply.
    If you don't have a compatible system, you can't install it.
    If your system is compatible, the next thing to do is verify that all your current applications will run on Snow Leopard without needing a paid upgrade; if they require you to pay for an upgrade, it could cost you a lot of money, depending on which applications need it, and how many you have.
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