Errors installing Tiger on PowerBook G4

after noticing some erratic application behavior, i decided to reinstall Tiger (retail copy) onto my PowerBook -- a clean format and install. i have been unable to install Tiger or Panther (from the original system disks that came with the PB) each time i get the dreaded "There were errors installing the software" message. fearing that the hard drive was dying or dead, i had it replaced with a new drive and ... still ... i can't get Tiger (or Panther) to install.
the log for the last Tiger attempt reads:
BomFileError 2: No such file or directory - ./System/Library/Essentials/NVDANV30Hal.kext/Contents/MacOS/NVDVNV30Hal
Install failed.
is there a great FAQ on the Tiger install issues? any help is appreciated.

The only way to definitely check the DVDs is to use them on another machine and see if you can install the SW there. Hook up an external FWHD to the iMac and give it a go. As for HW problems, run the Apple Hardware Test that came with the PB. Very strange problem. If the PB is still under warranty, maybe it's time to consider returning it or taking it into an Apple store (if one's close by).

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Errors installing Tiger

Hello everyone, hope you can give some advice. I've tries installing Tiger 4 or 5 times now and keep getting 'Please try installing again, there were errors installing this software'
I've tried unplugging all my cables and even taken my extra ram out as some people said it could be that but still the same!
I have an imac G4 17inch screen with 10.3.9 at the mo, got about 10gigs of space left on it.
What am i doing wrong?
Hope someone can shed light on this,
cheers,
ian

Before installing a major OS Upgrade such as Tiger, it is a good idea to disconnect all external peripheral devices except for a keyboard and mouse.
Did you also check the hard drive for any directory problems with Disk First Aid repair via Disk Utility when booted from the Tiger install disc before proceeding with the installation?
If not, boot from the Tiger install disc and after selecting your language at the next screen/prompt, navigate to Disk Utility via the Installer menu bar.
Select Macintosh HD in the drives and volumes window and then Repair Disk. If any problems are reported and successfully repaired, run repair again until no problems are reported, Afterwards, repair disk permissions from the same location.
When completed, quit Disk Utility and the focus will return to the installer and try again.
If there is a problem that Disk First Aid repair cannot successfully repair, jot down the error message and report back.

Installing tiger on powerbook with broken screen

I am attempting to install Tiger on an older Powerbook (G4 Titanium 1ghz 1gb), which has a damaged and illegible LCD. The machine is fully up to date with 10.3.9, and works fine connected to a Cinema display.
After booting from the 10.4 install DVD, it appears that the updater wants some kind of input, but this is not being echoed to my external monitor. I've tried it with display mirroring both off and on, but to no avail. Does the update work only with the onboard monitor when it senses a Powerbook ? And if so, are screencaps out there somewhere so that I can try to answer the install prompts while flying blind ?
thanks !
Powerbook G4 Titanium Mac OS X (10.3.9)

I don't know about the external monitor, but you can install OSX on any Firewire disk.
To boot from that blind Mac, plug in the blind Mac to a working Mac with a Firewire cable. Boot the blind Mac holding the "t" key down (for Target). The blind machine's hard disk should appear in the other Mac's mounted disk list. Proceed to install on the Firewire mounted disk.
Once that is done, boot from the blind Mac's hard disk and finish the setup. To do this, start it up while holding down the "t" key. Shut down other Mac and hold down the option key while starting. The "Restart" menu item may not work here, so you may need to completely shut down and start from the power button.
Now you see the screen to choose what disk to boot from. Boot from the blind disk and your working Mac will be running from the blind Mac's hard disk and you can set it up for remote login, etc.

Installing Tiger on Powerbook G4's new hard drive

The hard drive in my G4 PB (bought 2nd hand, without start up disks) died recently and I got a used replacement HD with same volume and speed. Physical replacement and partition went ok, now to install the Tiger 10.4. However the black Tiger disk seems to be defective, as I get a failure due to fingerprints or scratches; the software will not install after cleaning and polishing the disk. Fortunately, I have an iMac Snowball running 10.4.11 and hooked it up by Firewire. The Apple website has a "MacOSXUpdateCombo10.4.11PPC.dmg" which is sitting on my desktop. (I accidently tried to open it and it screwed up my System Preferences Start up Disk choice, giving me the flashing earth in a square on a grey screen error. That took some detours but is fixed.)
So, it seems logical that I could take the .pkg update and drop it into the Target Disk Hard Drive showing up on the desktop. Or, maybe open the hard drive symbol and drop the update into it. After searching the Support Communities all day today, I cannot find a discussion along these lines, so here I am. Can anyone help on this?

2) If you look at the updater you will see it is likely only a few tens if maybe 100 MB, a full Tiger OS is several GB (it originally came on multiples CDs).
1) I'm not 100% clear on your resources. If your USB backup was created by cloning you could start the PB in Target mode so it appears on your iMac as an external hard drive, then clone the USB to the PB. Here's some information:
How To: Installing Tiger Using FireWire Target Disk Mode - http://www.applelinks.com/index.php/more/os_x_odyssey_752_how_to_installing_tige r_using_firewire_target_disk_mode/
How to use FireWire target disk mode - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661 - includes description of hardware and software requirements.
Target Disk Mode - Mac OS X 10.6 Help: Transferring files between two computers using FireWire - http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8443.html
What to do if your Mac doesn't enter FireWire Target Disk Mode - http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75414, also read about [Open Firmware Password Protection|http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/openfirmwarepassword.html] which can disable Target Disk Mode.

Installing Tiger on PowerBook G4 - CD keeps ejecting

Hello - I am looking to give my old PowerBook G4 to someone who does not own a computer. I did a clean install of the PowerBook G4 OS system CD that came with the unit when I bought it new. I then did all the updates. The computer shows the OS version as 10.3.9 and has 1GB RAM. I wanted to upgrade it to Tiger, but the CD drive keeps ejecting back the Tiger CD. I know..... very rude. (The CD/DVD drive itself is fine, as it accepted the 10.3 G4 CD just fine.) I did many searches on this issue, but could not find a answer. Is it a Firmware thing? What's a good guy to do so he can give this fine looking PowerBook G4 to someone who can use it? (I would just leave it with the 10.3.9, but what bugs me is that Facebook.com does not appear correctly........ weird?! Lets you sign in, but can't see any page content.) Thanks for any help!

Do you have some other DVD (movie?) that you could place in the disc drive to see if the drive will read it? The drive has separate read optics for CDs & DVDs. Could be dust on the DVD lens. You could buy a cleaning disc & put it in your drive.
 Cheers, Tom

Can I install Tiger on my G4 Powerbook?

Is it possible to install Tiger on my G4 Powerbook?
I wanted to buy it from apple, but to be sure I tried to install my friends version of Tiger.
Then my mac told me: "tiger could not be installed on this computer."
What do I do?

Yes, Tiger can be installed on your computer. However, to install Tiger you need to do some prep and make some decisions. Prep:
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now shutdown the computer for a couple of minutes and then restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger) and/or TechTool Pro (4.5.2 for Tiger) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
Decisions:
Read Checklist
Tiger Installation Checklist.

After Clean Instal Tiger, upgrading to 10.4.7. many errors appeared

I wiped my boot drive, installed tiger, upgraded combo 10.4.7. Created anount account user. Things were spiffy for a moment until I mounted my firewire drives and some dmg file. BLAM! CRASH! MAYDAY MAYDAY! RUN FOR COVER into the apple forum! I've search forums for several problems and was unable to find solution but did on my own.
Errors:
Media ejectables: DMG, firewire drives, cd, dvd would not appear (but would on other users) I tried permission fix, disconnecting, whatever.
Internal audio wasn't working. Volume control was dissabled, and volume icon dissappeared from menubar after clicking it.
Worse of all: My icons on my sidebar were missing, desktop icons were randomly missing. I did comand J on finder and select show icon and show preview. That worked until log out, log in. Icons were switched around to the wrong ones, I thought I was on mars.
What else, well didn't get around much since I tried to deal with one problem at a time - it became overwhelming.
Before erasing the drive and reinstalling for another try, I decided to trash all my contents in my prefs folder in my home/personal directory (didn't empty trash). Logged out and back in. I'm back in business!
Those of you may want to try that and may have to re-adjust all your settings, serials, etc. Or you could drag some prefs back to folder to to find culprit or just the ones you really need. When happy with everything... Take out the garbage!
Hope it works for you as well.

It's explained as is. Delete some preference files.

Query logic board prob - errors on installing Tiger

Hello
I'm trying to fix a friends G4 iBook 1.2GHz and have apparently made it worse.
It was running on 10.3.9 and warning of the HD being full so I suggested installing more RAM and updating to 10.4.8
I put in 512 mb of RAM and tried installing Tiger (from 10.4.6 Apple install disk - a generic one - not a specific to iBook version) and whatever I try it starts the instal and then stops "there were errors installing, please restart and try again"
I pulled the extra RAM out thinking that may be the cause but got same error. I tried starting the iBook in target disk mode and installing Tiger from my old G4 PowerMac. Also tried zero'ing all data on the iBook. Everything I do gets the same message. I think the message is exactly as I have typed above - there's no error code or specific reason for failure to install. Needless to say, it wont boot from the failed instal version - it just gets a black screen.
As I understand it was generally working before I did all this. It had been dropped a year ago and was reparied by Apple - new case and hinges. The battery now doesn't fit very well but it does always power up fine so I'm not assuming that is to blame for anything.
I think that gives all the necessary info. My guess is there may be a fault on the logic board. Another guess could be to do with the instal disk but it has worked fine on my G4 Powermac. Also, I have not run the Apple Hardware tester. I've had one in the past but cannot currently find it.
If you have any suggestions, I'd be very grateful to hear them. Many thanks

Hi RichT353
I my opinion you fell at the first hurdle. An overfull hard drive can cause all sorts of erratic behavior.
Instead of adding RAM, the remedy would have been a larger Hard disk.
Nevermind; you must try to restart it in a functioning Operating System, - if that's panther, that is OK, and then make some space on the disk, by dealing with excesive music, file, photos, videos, and other such personal documents.
Boot from the Installer CD, holding down the C key and then after selecting the language, go up to the top menu bar, to run Disk Utility and selecting the Hard disk, choose
Repair Disk.
Then Repair Permissions.
Exit disk utility, cancel the installation and restart normally.
Once you have things back on an even keel, then think about upgrading the OS to Tiger.
Of course adding the extra RAM will not hurt.
good luck
regards roam

Error occuring when installing Tiger

Hello,
I've been trying to install Tiger onto a friends Gigabit Ethernet G4 (Dual 450) and I keep experiencing an error during the install. Would a bad HD make this happen? His machine has both the original HD and a new Maxtor HD in it. I've run Disk Warrior, zapped the PRAM. What can I try next? Thanks for any help given.

Hi
Any clues on what error message is displayed (if any) ?!
There is a firmware update available for the Gigabit Ethernet if it hasn't already been applied:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86117
Also I assume it's a full retail version of Tiger rather than a machine specific version that shipped with a particular computer.

Error during Tiger install, disk utility (DVD) says could not unmount disk

OK, I'll start at the beginning. I was running 10.3.9 on my iMac G4. I hooked up a new firewire external HD. Transferred my iTunes music over, everything worked fine. Ran software update to make some updates (iTunes, Quicktime, Security Update, maybe another one) that I had been putting off because I had been out of space. That's when the problems began. It said I could not install updates, so I restarted. Then it hung up at Login Window starting. I did a few hard shutdowns (holding down power button) to try again, but was unsuccessful.
Read all the forums. Decided that I should have repaired permissions, etc. before installing the updates. So I started in single-user mode, ran FSCK, all that stuff, following the instructions very closely. Still kept hanging up at Login Window. So I started up from the Panther install disk, repaired permissions (made a bunch of repairs) and checked hard drive (said no repairs necessary). Restarted, still hung up at Login Window starting.
So I did an archive and install. There were errors near the end of the Panther install, and it said it could not finish. But the computer started up OK, and I was able to back up all my personal data onto the external HD.
So I decided to upgrade to Tiger, thinking that would fix everything. During the upgrade, it said there were errors installing files and to try again. Did so, same result. The computer did start up in Tiger, but clearly was not operating at full capacity (slow, some things didn't work).
So I decided to erase and install. Again, said there were errors and to try again. Did so twice, same result. Started up from the Tiger DVD and ran Disk Utility. When I clicked Repair Hard Drive, it said "could not unmount drive."
So now I am stuck. I have a wiped hard drive. Can't repair it, and can't get Tiger to install properly. Help!
(i do have an Apple store in town, but I haven't gone to the Genius Bar. Wasn't sure how that worked.)
iMac G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Hmmm. And you're sure that when you select the main
hard drive entry in Disk Utility it shows a SMART
status report that says "Not supported"? That's
really odd because your model isn't too old to have a
drive that doesn't support SMART.
Yep, looking at it right now. I've got the drive that says "38.2 GB ST3408..." selected, and it says "Not Supported."
By any chance would you have another external
Firewire drive on which you could install Tiger? If
you do, then you could try installing Tiger on that
drive. If you can then boot the iMac from the
external drive you could then try cloning the system
from the external drive to the internal drive.
I have the one external HD firewire drive. It has my backed up files on it. Could I still install Tiger on it without erasing those files?
You could do the same thing from another Mac if both
support Firewire. You could boot the iMac into Target Disk Mode while it's connected to
another Mac's Firewire port. You could then clone
from the other Mac to the iMac's hard drive that will
appear on the Desktop of the other Mac.
And I do have another Mac, which I am typing on right now. It's sitting right next to my "sick" iMac. If I recall correctly, it's an iMac DV special edition. It does have a firewire port and I think it has a DVD drive. It's running 9.0 currently.
You can use the Restore option of Disk Utility to do
the cloning. The process is as follows:
1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
2. Select the source or startup volume from the left
side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4. Drag the source or startup volume to the Source
entry field.
5. Select the destination or backup volume from the
leftside list and drag it to the Destination entry
field.
6. Check the box to Erase Destination. Skip this
step if you've already formatted the drive.
7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the
Restore button.
So should I use the firewire external HD or the old iMac to do this? (Thanks so, so much for all this help, by the way. I really appreciate it. I love my iMac and want to save it! I have to go cook dinner right now, but I'll come back later to check your answer and try your suggestion.)

Installing Tiger (errors, & "oh I just want to see my desktop again")

So.
In order to install Tiger 10.4 I had to first install 10.3 onto my 10.2.8 iMac.
Tonight I upgraded 10.2.8 to 10.3, successfully.
Then I tried to upgrade 10.3 to 10.4.
At the end of the game I received the message "There were errors installing 10.4. Please try installing again."
Installing again produces the same message.
But if I try to give up and restart from the internal hard drive, my only option is to select 10.4 on the internal hard drive, so obviously an unperfect version has latched on to it.
If I select this then I cannot reach my desktop, but do get a long text message which begins with "panic" and ends with "panic: We are hanging here..." [I can include a more exact version of the message when I see it again].
I have run Disk Utility> First Aid> Repair Disk, but I believe there were no necessary repairs that could be found.
Nonetheless I am now trying to install 10.4 again, though now my iMac is making these little hard-working clicking noises during the process.
So I'll update this if anything changes, but as of now
My question is:
-How do I successfully install 10.4, or
-How do I rid the computer of this flawed version of 10.4, or
-How do I reinstall 10.3 at this point?
I just want to get back to being OK/ seeing my desktop.
At this point I am not sure how to eject the installation DVD, as the eject key on the keyboard's not doing it.
Thank you.

Update:
OK Well I got 10.3 re-installed alright (although the screen looks a little different-- everything on the desktop seems slightly bigger and less sharply defined).
I have yet to re-try 10.4, but I'm not sure what to do differently. I'll look at it again tomorrow perhaps there were some things off of apple.com I could download/update to make this go more smoothly).

Already searched - Want to install Tiger on G3 Tower THROUGH G4 PowerBook

Hi,
I've already searched the discussions and didn't find what I'm looking for. I do NOT want to get the CDs for Tiger unless I have to.
I have multiple Macs at home and one at work (G3 Tower) so I bought the Tiger family pack. I don't want to have to connect up the G4 Powerbook every day at work as the G3 Tower is good enough. I currently as running Panther on it. It works pretty well (yes it's slow but it does well other than that).
Have anyone successfully used FireWire cables (or ethernet cable) between a G4 PowerBook and a G3 Tower and successfully installed Tiger from the DVD drive on the PowerBook onto a G3 Tower?
No I don't want to buy an external DVD drive for this if I can do it as above.
Thanks in advance.

Here's an update, should anyone care.
I've installed a 40GB hard drive in my G3 Tower along side my 6GB drive. I then used Carbon Copy Cloner to clone my 6gb drive onto my 40gb drive. Thankfully it uses the whole drive instead of just creating a 6gb partition. Anyway, so now I've booted from the new drive which has 33gb free.
With my G3 Tower booted up I inserted my Tiger (family pack) DVD into my G4 800mhz PowerBook then rebooted and put it into Target mode by holding down the T key when booting it up. Note that the two computers were connected by a FireWire cable.
The G3 Tower can see my PowerBook but it can't see the PowerBook's DVD drive. I was able to confirm this on the internet that Target mode will only allow another computer to view internal hard drives.
I then tried to copy the Tiger DVD to my PowerBook's hard drive. I get a message that it can't because there are folders with permission rights that don't allow this. Maybe I'll have to get the CDs for Tiger after all. But I'd still like to do this without having to. If nothing else I might actually learn something (more).

Need help installing Tiger 4.6!

I have a powerbook G4 that runs OSX 2.8 currently, I'm trying to upgrade to Tiger, but whenever I restart to begin the installation, it boots up to a plain blue screen. I have more that enough space and specs, any reason why it wont boot up? Thanks

First, you must have at least 256 MBs of installed RAM to run Tiger. Second, you need a retail Tiger installation DVD. If you have a disc with a gray label then you have an OEM version intended for use on the machine with which it came. The retail Tiger DVD has a black label with a large gray "X". You will also need 6-8 GBs of free space during installation. This is in addition to maintaining a minimum of 8-10 GBs of free space for normal operation of OS X.
Be sure you repair the hard drive and permissions before attempting to upgrade your current system. You should also update all your third-party software for Tiger compatibility. This includes applications, preference panes, startupitems, login items, contextual menu items, etc. If you cannot find upgrades then remove them before installing Tiger.
I highly recommend you not upgrade 10.2.x. Instead I suggest you install Tiger using the Archive and Install option. You can select the option to preserve users and network preferences.
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now shutdown the computer for a couple of minutes and then restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger) and/or TechTool Pro (4.5.2 for Tiger) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
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How do you install Tiger using target disk mode?

Hi guys,
I have an old Powerbook G4 that seems to have a dead DVD drive, so i am now trying to install Tiger using target disk mode from my Macbook Pro.
I successfully mounted the G4 using target disk mode and the Tiger install DVD but when I double click the install icon, I get an error message saying: "Mac OS X 10.4 cannot be installed on this machine"
Okay, fine but i want to install the OS on the G4. How do I go about selecting the G4 for installation?
Thanks in advance for your help.

Hi Nichola,
Have you tried a search on the support site with the error messages you are receiving? (Maybe your computer doesn't meet the minimum requirements to run Tiger.)
To re-initialize your disk, go into disk utilities, select 'Erase' and follow the instructions. This will erase and format your disk. Hopefully this helps, but I'm not sure if it will solve your kernel panic problem - maybe that's a different issue all together??
Hopefully, you've already backed up your important data, but you should try to use target disk mode to do that if you are still unable to boot up the G4 using Tiger. Good luck - hope this is helpful.

Trouble installing Tiger 4.3

Purchased a Tiger Family pack. Installed Tiger on G5 with no problems. Tried to install on my main computer (currently running Panther) a G4 Duo processor. Installation starts normally but bogs down after trying to verify hard drive. Does nothing for 10 minutes then informs me there has been an error and to try installing again. Tried 3 times including doing a disk verification and repair. I need to work so I am staying with Panther but since I have paid for (Family pack) the upgrade would like to see it up and running on all my computers.
Any similar issues out there?
Cheers William
G4 Dual processor Mac OS X (10.3.4) Panther

I've had a very similar problem with my G4 powerbook. I tried upgrading to 10.4.3 and it gets as far as 'verfying destination volume' then says that installation was unsuccessful. I tried restarting normally to use panther but now my computer won't start up at all! It just gets stuck on the grey start up page with the darker grey apple in the middle, I've tried disk repair but it says there's an error and it can't repair it even though verifying it says that it needs repair, I've also tried to install tiger in every way possible and none of them work so i'm completely stuck! any ideas?
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