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I have inherited a G4 AGP (400) which I want to setup as a network server. The HDD had been blanked so I needed to reinstall OS. I could not get OSX (10.4) to load, so loaded the barely remembered 9.22.
I then tried to run the firmware upgrade - not successfully. I have rebooted, zapped the pram, reset-nvram, reset-all (in macboot) all without success. I have checked the ram (and removed dodgy ram), battery seems fine
I have cloned (using super duper) the osx drive from my ibook and swapped that as the HDD and that will not load.
How do I overcome a firmware upgrade in os9.22 which will not run ?
How do I create a bootable OSX drive to put in the G4.
I have an original (retail) DVD for 10.4, software restore disks for a G3 imac (9.21), a variety of external drives and both super duper and data backup - so should have all the hard and software to get this powermac working - but I am stumped.
Any experts out there who can help ?

My reply is concerning the Tiger install. I don't feel that a clone of 10.4 off of an ibook is going to run reliably on a G4. Each machine has different drivers they use. Some, here, say they have done things like this with success, but many others, here, don't recommend it. A fresh install of Tiger would be way better. When you tried installing the retail disk, what happened please? Of course, even if it installed it may not run well, or at all, without a firmware update. I was able to run Jaguar without an update, but had some issues. I don't think Tiger will do well at all.
Are you able to go to "About This Mac", in Tiger, listed under the blue Apple; when screen comes up, click the "More Info" button and check the Boot ROM version (firmware)? Mine is 4.2.8f1 ; correct for my Gigabit Ethernet model to run OSX. Here is the list of firmware updates. Could yours already have been updated? Maybe the clone is why Tiger doesn't work well?
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