10.4 install trashes Airport on Powerbook g4
After installing 10.4.6 on my Powerbook G4 17 1.5ghz I am warned that extension AppleAirPort2.kext will not work and must be reinstalled. Also my airport is disabled in Networks. I tried the update to 10.4.10 and still the same problem. My wife has the same powerbook with 10.4.10 installed and her airport works OK. So I copied her AppleAirPort2.kext file into my 10.4.10 extension folder but my airport will still not work. I am doing this installation onto a 2.5" firewire drive in order to prepare a new hard drive to install into my computer. (I am used to Apple system update nightmares so I don't mess with a working mac till I get a new system working on a separate hard drive. When I boot my computer off the system 10.3.9 that is currently installed the airport works fine?
Whats up? Any help out there?
In addition your topic title is a misnomer. I have installed 10.4.x on many macs without a problem as you describe. Perhaps when you install Tiger on your boot drive there won't be an issue. If done properly your trepidations should be alleviated.
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