Getting CD's for Tiger Install?

I have a combo drive (no DVD drive), Is there any other way to upgrade to Tiger 10.4 without having to send my Tiger install DVD to apple and paying an extra 10 bucks to get the CD's for installation?
Also after Tiger is installed will there be a problem switching back and forth between Tiger and OS9? (I go back to OS9 for Pro tools which I also need to upgrade.)
Thanks for your help!

Combo drives are DVD drives, they just can't burn DVDs. But they can play and boot off DVD. It is CD-RW drives that have no DVD component that can't boot off DVD. So you should be able to boot off the Tiger retail disks if you do indeed have an Apple shipped Combo drive. Only most third party, USB, CD-RW CD-R, and CD-ROM drives can't boot off the Tiger installation disk on a PowerPC Mac if that's what you have. So please clarify which optical drive you have?
And no installing Tiger as an Archive and Install won't affect your ability to boot Mac OS 9. If you erase and install, or use Disk Utility to erase the hard drive, you will need to install the Mac OS 9 drivers to later install Mac OS 9 to be able to boot off Mac OS 9. Installing the Mac OS 9 drivers is done by Disk Utility:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75275
Upgrading from 10.2 (which your profile says you have) to 10.4 is usually possible with an Archive and Install. Sometimes that does not work, and then you are forced to erase and install. It is for that reason I recommend you follow this upgrade process I've written* to the letter to avoid problems:
http://www.macmaps.com/upgradefaq.html
* links to my macmaps.com domain may result in compensation for me.

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Reasonable pricing for Tiger install DVD?

(I'm not sure if this sould go here, but don't know where it would fit better)
I have a iMacG3 and I want to upgrade it to Tiger (leopard isn't going to work, the processor is only 400MHz)
but I don't know what sould be a reasonable price for the retail DVD
I want to get the DVD but I can't even find it and I don't feel like paying more then it's worth, especially sins I don't have that much anyway
also I was wondering
I know a store that has the DVD, for the tec-support
and they can install it but I won't actually get the DVD,
but if I don't have the DVD but only the software, doesn't that mean I also wouldn't have a license? I want to get it legaly and I don't think that will be legal, anyone knows this for sure?

Tiger install DVDs are in short supply. Tiger is no longer available at the Apple Store but may be available for $129 by calling Apple Phone Sales @ 1-800-MY-APPLE (1-800-692-7753). For other sources, do a Google search for MA453Z/A (10.4.6), MA190Z/A (10.4.3) and M9639Z/A (10.4) . Also look on eBay. Be sure & buy a retail version (black with silver X) and not a model specific version (gray) (See Can I use another Mac's system restore disc on my Mac? ). Expect to pay (possibly a lot) more than the Apple list price of $129.
Also check this web store http://www.lacomputercompany.com/cgi-bin/rpcart/index.cgi?command=dispitem&type= sku&sku=19521
Possible Alternative if you are currently using Panther 10.3 – Do a Google search for Tiger 10.4 Upgrade DVD . It will upgrade your 10.3 to 10.4, but it doesn’t contain the full retail Tiger installer. Should be cheaper than the retail Tiger install DVD.
After you install the base 10.4.x, update to the final Tiger version 10.4.11. Here's the link for the 10.4.11 combo update http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24901?viewlocale=en_US
Look at this link Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger Installing Software Support Page
http://www.apple.com/support/tiger/install/
You can also download the Tiger Installation and Setup Guide
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/TigerInstall_SetupGuide.pdf
When you upgrade the OS, do it via Archive & Install. See About the Archive and Install feature http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1710
Be sure to select Preserve Users & Settings. Also, repair permissions before and after the install.
 Cheers, Tom

Basic Partitioning ? (For Tiger Install)

A reading of some of the tech forums at the ExPostFacto site strongly suggest partitioning as a preparation for installing Tiger. My only experience with partitioning is with FWB Hard Disk Toolkit, running under system 9.1 (as yet I have no experinece with System X). This may be a very basic question, but, if I use FWD HDK to partition a drive under System 9.1, will System X (after it is later installed) correctly recognize the partitions created while in System 9?
As I recall FWB HDK requires that it install its own driver on a hard disk before partitioning can be done. Is this any problem on a new firewire drive for later use for installation of Tiger?
I also have Silverlining Pro 6.4.3 which came with my newest hard drive that could be used for partitioning. Is there any advantage of this over FWB HDK? (I have experience using FWB HDK under System 9, so would prefer this other things being equal.)
Thanks for your comments.
G3 Beige mini tower Mac OS 9.1.x Sonnet G4 800MHz upgrade; 640 MB RAM

I have been using the two internal SCSI drives for years, and have mirroring enabled via the FWB HDTK.
I do not know whether FWB RAID Toolkit mirrors can survive the transition to Mac OS X. I have version 4.5, but have never tried it. It is not mentioned as a useful formatter on the XPostFacto site, but I do not recall it being precluded, either. Maybe you should try it and see if it works.
If the source drive (for system 9.1 and EPF) must have been formatted with Mac utilites (as you put it) then I guess I will have to buy a new external SCSI drive to hold the resident System 9.1 and ExPostFacto.
You have said that your Wide SCSI drives cannot be reformatted for use with X because they have been formatted with FWB Tools. I wanted to be sure you understand they can be. Mac OS X also contains built-in RAID software, but it has a quirk -- the drives are not supported and do not mount under Mac OS 9.
If you have the standard SCSI "Server" set-up with The Apple/ATTO PCI PSC card and the long internal cable, you are limited to the approx. three feet of high-speed cable provided inside the cabinet, and that external high-speed devices are precluded, because it would make the cable too long for reliable operation. But your Tower has space and cabling for three high-speed SCSI drives, if you count the standard "roof-mount" bracket over the power supply. You could also remove the CD drive or Floppy to gain drive space, or use the slower built-in narrow SCSI bus, internal and/or external.
As to installing the EPF helper files/disk, I am a little unclear on this. However, if I obtain a new external SCSI drive, I assume it will be bootable on the G3 internal SCSI chain and thus helper files will not be necessary? I though helper files/disk were only necessary to allow booting from a firewire drive?
XPostFacto performs two different tricks that use a number of files, the most obvious of which is named BootX, and a number of old and new extensions to support older hardware and normally-unsupported drives. I have sloppily referred to both scenarios as using "Helper Files".
A) To boot an unsupported Mac, BootX and the old extensions are first installed onto a Hard Drive, then the standard Mac OS X 10.3 or 10.4 files are added to it to produce an old-Mac bootable System.
B) To boot a drive that has no ROM support (and would therefore be unbootable because its driver is out on the drive, and cannot be booted until the driver is loaded) a "Helper Drive" is used. This is accomplished using a supported hard drive that has extensions, BootX, and the driver for the "unsupported" device loaded onto it, but it may not have a full System. You boot to a tiny System that contains the driver needed to boot the real System from the "unsupported" device.
If you are going to use 10.3 or 10.4, it may not be necessary to have more than one partition for Mac OS 9 and Classic. It may not even be necessary to have a separate partition for Mac OS 9, since hard Disk journalling has greatly reduced the instances of Mac OS 9 and X stepping on each other.
Mac OS 9 and X can read each other's files, so your Mac OS 9 partition (or partitions, as you see fit) can be as small as about 0.8 Gigabytes. If you have an old 1 GB narrow SCSI drive kicking around, you can use that for your Mac OS 9 partition. [ Just get a rock to perform the doorstop function and put the 1 GB SCSI drive back into the Mac ]
I have seen a case under Mac OS 10.3 where the beige G3 insisted on enforcing the <8 GB limit on the built-in SCSI bus, But I am not sure whether that was an isolated incident. I believe Mac OS 10.4 and XPostFacto may have eliminated this restriction.

Backup iCal for Tiger install?

Hey everyone.
I am going to install Tiger, but before I wipe my HD, I want to backup my iCal, store it on my iPod, then copy it back afterwards. How can I go about this?
I also need to do the same for AddressBook and my Safari Bookmarks.
Thanks
James

James, I'm not sure that you need to do that. Study this first before you decide what type of install to do:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301270
or this:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/TigerInstall_SetupGuide.pdf

IMac PowerPC G3 Firmware Update for Tiger Install

I have an iMac PowerPC G3 that was purchased with a slot DVD and Mac OS 9 installed. I upgraded to Mac OS X 10.2.8 with one problem, ie., can't use the copy and scan functions on my Epson Stylus CX5200 All-In-One Printer. I learned, recently, those functions only work with Mac OS.9. Additionally, I purchased the Tiger operating system and upon installing, I learned I need a firmware update which can only be installed in Mac OS 9. Do I really need to reinstall Mac OS 9 to install the firmware update for installing the Tiger operating system and to use the Epson copy and scan functions?
Any assistance will be appreciated.
SusanRup

i don't really know susan. it seems odd to me to have to have os 9, and that it couldn't be done in the later operating system. sorry, but i thought you were thinking you would have to erase the os x, install os 9, do the firmware update, and then install os x again:) what i would do i guess is contact epson. they should know exactly what you have do.|:)]

How can I get a replacement for my Install DVD?

I already had installed Logic Studio on my iMac. Now I wanted to install it on my MacBook as well.
When I took out the Install DVD from the insertion slot of my MacBook Pro, the edge of the slot scratched the top of the DVD and damaged it. ( How's that possible, by the way? )
Now I cannot finish the installation process. What can I do in order to get a replacement DVD?
Thanks!

Contact AppleCare and explain your situation... You will need to Provide Proof of Purchase and a Serial Number...

Tiger Install Discs

Hi.
Does anyone know where I can get retail discs for Tiger? I've got an old iMac which won't run Leopard so I want to get Tiger on it.
Thanks
Chris

Tiger install DVDs are in short supply. Tiger is no longer available from Apple. For other sources, do a Google search for MA453Z/A (10.4.6), MA190Z/A (10.4.3) and M9639Z/A (10.4) . Also look on eBay. Be sure & buy a retail version (black with silver X) and not a model specific version (gray). Expect to pay (possibly a lot) more than the Apple list price of $129.
Also check this web store http://www.lacomputercompany.com/cgi-bin/rpcart/index.cgi?command=dispitem&type= sku&sku=19521
Possible Alternative - OS X Tiger 10.4 Upgrade DVD $74.95
http://www.yourmacstore.com/shop/shopexd.asp?id=376&bc=no
After you install the base 10.4.x, update to the final Tiger version 10.4.11. Here's the link for the 10.4.11 combo update http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24901?viewlocale=en_US
Look at this link Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger Installing Software Support Page
http://www.apple.com/support/tiger/install/
You can also download the Tiger Installation and Setup Guide
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/TigerInstall_SetupGuide.pdf
When you upgrade the OS, do it via Archive & Install. See About the Archive and Install feature http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1710
 Cheers, Tom

Want to get iTunes 10 for my Mac OS X 10.4.11

I know that leopard is required for iTunes 10. However, I will only have my current macbook for a few more months and don't want to shell out money for an operating system that I will end up getting in 6 months. I am unable to update my iphone because I have an old version of itunes. Is there any way to get itunes 10 for tiger? Or to update the iphone without itunes 10? Is it possible to get a free update of leopard since I've had my tiger macbook since 2007?

This is not going to be "fixed". Apple states the system requirements for the iPhone quite clearly, on their web sites and on the iPhone's box itself. The requirement of Mac OS X 10.5.x and later has been in place since the iPhone 4 was released last year, and it's not going to change at this point.
So your choices are either: upgrade your MacBook to Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6; use another computer to sync your iPhone; or return the iPhone and buy some other phone.
Regards.
P.S. The company name is "Apple", not "Mac". And you posted in a thread that was last posted to three months ago, not usually an effective way to get assistance.
Message was edited by: Dave Sawyer

Help with Tiger install and getting hot keys and start up manager to work

this open firmware issue, how do you get around it? Wonder if it is causing me trouble; i.e. shift and other keys do not work and keeping me from booting with Tiger install. How do I access these keys then?
I did a clean install on a secondary internal drive (device 1) 150GB Maxtor
but it won't boot and "restart" brings me back to install process...
have repaired disk -- OK -- repaired permissions -- OK. Re-installed and repaired. Peripherals are off or disconnected. Current OS is 10.3.9 on 20 GB HD (device 0)
What now? Would appreciate some guidance. Thank you.
Ali
This is my CPU
Build 7W98
Machine Model: Power Mac G4 (AGP graphics)
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.8)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 450 MHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 100 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.2.8f1
Serial Number:

Hi Ali,
re: this open firmware issue, how do you get around it? I really did not understand the support page you link to...but wonder if it is causing me trouble; i.e. shift and other keys do not work. How do I access these keys then?
Is this a Wireless KB you have? Many aren't recognized until after booting.
Hmmm, you've got the firmware Update needed for the AGP to install/use 10.4...
I think I'd try this, worked for me on 3 such macs...
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the Erase tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume, then choose MacOS Extended Journalled, select the Partition tab.
6. Click Erase & look for Security Options. choose Zero 1 pass."
Formatting & Partitioning a Hard Drive in OS X - Tiger and Leopard...
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/partitioningtiger.html
Hopefully then a fresh install will work.
Oh, what are the Jumper settings on hat drive? Apple recommends Cable Select, but I find different settings work with a dizzying variety of Drive combos.

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I have Wondows Vista... I tried to upgrade to Itunes 10.5, and received an error orginially stating that I was trying to install a version older than the one I had. I uninstalled all of itunes, and now I'm getting the error message "there is a problem with this windows installer package. Aprogram required for this install to complete could not be run.
Help! I have an IPhone, and I would like to get my Itunes upgraded so I can download the new Iphone software...
Thanks!

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You must have gone to the old microsoft post.
Here is the link:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2438651

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Success,
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