Installing OSX 10.4 Tiger on my G4 with OSX 10.1.5

What is the best way to transfer my itunes library (4.7.1) over? It is the only data I want to keep. Since it is such an old verson of OSX, I think I have to erase and install.

dnice,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Backing up your music files in iTunes 4 and Backing up your music to a CD or DVD are official Apple recommendations for backing up iTunes.
I agree with Rich and I would prefer transferring the iTunes library to another hard drive or an external firewire drive.
;~)

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Must update firmware before installing OSX Tiger on OS9

I'm trying to bring an iMac G3 with OS9 to life. It's brand new, never been used before, and doesn't yet have internet. I will get internet (Airport Card) soon, but first have a software update problem.
After starting the iMac, I have inserted the install DVD for Tiger. The computer says it must restart to install, and when it restarts, the computer says it must update firmware before installing. I have to choose a system with which it will start up and my choices are:
OS9: Hard Drive
OSX: Install DVD
My 3rd option searches for a location, and ends up restarting in OS9.
Every option either results in the inevitable error message that the firmware needs updating or using the OS9 environment.
I read Apple support saying that firmware needs to be updated to fix this problem. Support suggests updating firmware from the OSX install DVD, but I haven't found such updates on the DVD, and need to overcome the firmware problem.
Please help, I am anxious to use my computer!
Thank you!
iMac G3 Mac OS 9.0.x updating to OSX Tiger

Hi, Kristine -
Welcome to Apple's Discussions.
You can download the firmware update you need from either of these Apple KBase articles -
Article #58174 - iMac: When to Install Available Updaters
Article #86117 - Firmware Updates
In order to install the firmware update, the machine must be booted to OS 9 on its internal hard drive. It's a good idea to have no external devices connected when you do it, other than the keyboard and mouse. If you can, print out the ReadMe that accompanies the update.

How can install osx mountain lion on tiger macbook

my mac book is 10.4.11 tiger version for that one there is no compatibility of xcode so iwant change my operating system as mountain lion osx operating system in macbbook tiger but i know snow lepord is supportable version in tiger macbook for installation but i don't know that this mountain lion osx is sutable to install in mac book tiger please give me the solution
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Welcome to Apple Support Communities
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Help! accidentally install OSX Tiger into my backup harddisk!!
i lost all my backup files, work, my life! i have 2 HDD and one is suppose to be installed onto and the other one is my backup hdd..
what happened is i selected onto the wrong hard-disk...
is there anything i can do to recover back files that i installed over osx?
any suggestion much appreciated

Hi Ma'e, Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Installing OS X should not overwrite your files unless you chose "erase and install". If you chose "Archive and install" look for a folder on the top level of your hard drive called "Previous System".
If you did an "erase and install", If there is any chance of recovery at all your best bet is Prosoft Data Rescue. There is a free trial to see if it can recover what you need. But don't do another process on that drive until you've downloaded and run it. Also, a service that has been recommended but I cannot personally endorse is DriveSavers.
-mj
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Help Installing OSX Tiger on iMac G4, seems HD Volume Structure corrupted

I need help Installing OSX Tiger on an iMac G4 800MHz 17" Flat Screen LCD, 80 GB Hard Drive, 256MB RAM, DVD-R/CD-RW Super Drive, model# M8812LL/A. I have a Tiger install DVD and i put it in the drive and everything is fine....I go through the steps and when it gets to "Preparing the Disk" - "Verifying destination volume"....it just sits and nothing happens. It will go on for 20+ minutes or so and then the installer will quit saying there was errors during the update. Anyone got any idea what is happening? I'm running OSX 10.3 Panther currently. I just tried running Disk Utility using the install DVD.....it attempted three times and couldn't repair --- I then went out and purhased DiskWarrior --- I boot from that disk, it begins to run; then as it is repairing the volume it freezes and stays frozen for hours. I've rebooted and tried it numerous times with no luck. Is the HD no good? Should I just do a complete reinstall of Tiger and erase everything? I'd rather not, but I backed everthing up in case I need to. Also, when I ran TechTool Deluxe from the booted CD, it said the Volume Structure was corrupted. My Tiger disc is a retail full install disc that I purchased.
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Use Disk Utility to Restore to a FW drive.
Use one of your FW drives, and create a 24GB partition - later you can reuse this for your emergency boot drive). Restore the DVD to FW volume. Boot from there to install with - very fast.
Low level format is what you probably want/need and the only way to do that is ERASE with the option to ZERO-ALL (after you backup any files you don't now have on disk or DVD.... and where are the backups?).
When you install it will also verify the DVD install disk itself.
Have you tried using FSCK from the command line? Or do you no longer have a valid system on the boot drive? Nothing to lose it seems at this point from trying. Just hold down COMMAND + S on startup. At the prompt, follow direction to type:
/sbin/fsck -fy

Installing OSX 10.4(Tiger) over OS 9.2.2 on iMac g3

Hi,
I have an old iMac G3, it had a hdd problem and I then replaced it. Then I tried to install OSX on it using my MacBook Pro's install CDs(or dvd, I don't know) but of course they don't contain the proper drivers. So I installed 9.0 then update through until 9.2.2 and updates to the latest firmware. Then I bought a genuine copy of someone I know. Now to the problem:
When I insert the disc for OSX 10.4 and try to install it hangs at various points during installation, sometimes at 'Preparing Installation', or 'agree' on the licence agreement, or during the selection of the install location. Also, I tried to start the Disk Utility. But, then again, it hangs.
I noticed that(since you can hear it quite well, no it's not broken), you hear the disc spinning and just before it hangs it slows, and stops. like when opening the disk utility or advancing too far into the process.
Please help...
P.s. Sorry for my English, I'm Dutch

Hi KoudeToaster, en een warm welkom op de forums!
What size is the Hard Drive now?
Not much you can do if you can't get to Disk Utility.
Did you make sure the Jumpers were set correc tly on the Drive?
Did you see if it needs a firmware update...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86117
Also, much RAM that was good enough for OS9 was broken, (not good enough), for/by OSX, and 10.2 broke more, same with 10.3 & 10.4

Install OSX 10.4.7 on iMac G3 creates panic messages, someone plz help me?!

Hi,
I got this iMac G3 with OS 9.1 installed on the hdd. I first updated the firmware and then swapped the hdd for an empty one (with was once used on a windows system)
I try to install OSX 10.4.7 (original grey cd's for iMac) on my iMac G3
Short after reading the cd I get the following screen: grey with a black window witch says: "you need to restart your computer .Hold down the Powerbutton for several seconds or press the restart button" in several languages.
shown over this screen I see multiple lines with several panic and kernel messages.
the first line says: panic (cpu 0 caller 0x002E49D0): unable to find driver for this platform: "Powermac2,1".
I pressume that the last line mentions the problem witch causes the hanging?
Last line says:
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.7.3: Tue Aug 8 18:13:19 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.11.2obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic: We are hanging here...
I strolled off the internet using this last message to find an answer for this "panic" but no results.
Pressing d or c while starting up doesn't matter, I instantly get the screen as discribed.
I did reset-nvram and then reset-all, still the same screen shown.
And yes, I'm new to the "appleworld", I've had it with windows, so hopefully i'm only making newbie errors
Anybody here who can help me out?
PS: i made a picture of the screen, but don't know how to upload it here (might not be possible anyway)

HI Eppie (gek hoor)
I upgrade a lot of G3 from OS9 to Tiger. As we speak/type I'm doing a G3 500 MHz. I created a Tiger clone on a Hard disk so I can do the upgrade also on G3s without a DVD player.
The process USED to work smooth until a few minutes ago:
-- I upgraded my clone to 10.4.11 first: the clone disk was connected to a already long ago upgraded G3: went well
-- I upgraded the OS9 G3 on the firmware level
-- Tried to boot the G3 from the clone disk>>>BANG crash
-- Fortunately I had also a 10.4.4 clone on the same disk (other partition) and the target booted very well from that partition.
Conclusion (until now)
iMac G3 with OS9 on the HDD and upgraded firmware won't leap to recent versions of tiger (I don't know where the break point is it's between 10.4.4 and 10.4.11
I'm right now transfering 10.4.4 and for the sake of the experiment I will look after the the target G3 is running 10.4.4. if I can boot from the external HDD partition with 10.4.11. If it works I'll transfer that one and having a clean 10.4.11 on a 7 old imac
Hope this helps
Henk

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How do I uninstall snow leopard and re-install OSX leopard?

Sorry to hear that, Snow Leopard runs as fast or faster than either Tiger and Leopard did on my Jan 2006 Early Intel iMac on 2GB of RAM?
Before you blame Snow Leopard, run the Extended Apple Hardware Test and check the SMART status of your Hard Drive to make sure that you do not have another problem.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/14825/smartreporter

Can't install OSX on firewire drive?!?

I have a brand new Mac Mini (specs below) and just purchased an OWC Ministack v2 for extra USB and Firewire ports, with a Hitachi 250GB drive in it.
It's in 1394 mode, hooked up to the Mini, which recognizes it as a firewire drive. I'm able to copy files to it and open them fine, drive passes all tests.
When I insert the Install Disc 1 that came with the Mac Mini, I run the installer, which boots up from the disc and askes for the destination. It sees the firewire drive, but says that I cannot install OSX on that volume.
My question is, does the installer only allow you to install OSX on the Mini drive itself?!? Or is there something wrong with my drive? Anything I can do to get around this?
I have a separate Tiger install CD, but the Mini can't run the installer (presumably because it's pre-Universal Binary?).
THANKS a ton for your feedback, much appreciated.

Aye that was certainly the reason behind the problems I recently had when I was setting up an external drive with my Intel MacBook Pro.
After much testing and a little searching via Google, it would seem that Disk Utility was formatting the drive as an Apple Partition Map (APM) partition rather than a GUID Partition Table (GPT) that is necessary to use an external drive as a startup drive for an Intel Mac.
iFelix

Replaced hard drive can't install OSX

A friend gave me an iBook G3 500 MgHz. I want it to coordinate with my iMac G5 to be able to use same Tiger software. I put in 640 MB of Ram, then installed OSX 10.4. Everything OK but the modem was broke and there was not much room on HD. So I bought new 80Gig Toshiba HD and new modem, did the surgery using excellent iFixit instructions and went to reinstall OSX from my cds. The computer works if I start it with OSX installer cd, and the disk utility and System Profiler show the hard drive properly,
BUT WHEN I START THE INSTALLER THE HARD DRIVE DOESN'T SHOW UP AS THE DESTINATION DRIVE,NOTHING SHOWS UP AS A POSSIBLE DESTINATION DRIVE.
DID I MISS A MAJOR STEP TO PREPARE THE COMPUTER FOR A NEW HD? IS THERE SOMETHING I CAN DO WITH DISK UTILITY TO MAKE IT SHOW UP?
HELP

Hi, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
In a Mac, it's called Open Firmware, and you get there by holding down the Command (Apple) Key + Option + o + f.
If it's a G4 (and it sounds like it is because the G3's have tray-loading optical drives), you may want to try posting in the iBook G4 Forum.
You have posted in the iBook G3 (Dual USB) Forum.
Also, an iBook G4 will not have version OS X 10.1.x (that version of the operating system is too old for an iBook G4), so you may want to check that information.

Can you install Tiger onto a drive with data?

Hello,
I would like to ask if you can install Tiger onto a hard drive that already has data files on it. I have a 250 GIG hard drive and it already has 10 GIGs of data on it. Can I install Tiger on this drive or might it corrupt my files?
Its a long story but here is a quick summary of why I am attempting to do this:
I have a 350 MHz Blue and white G3 (rev 1) with two hard drives: the original 12 GIG ATA drive and a 250 GIG SATA drive (internal) connected with a 1S2 Seritek SATA controller.
My 250 GIG drive has two partitions but only one is available to Tiger. You see, by accident I originally formatted my 250 GIG drive with an extremely small partion (32 Megs). I meant to type "30 GIGs" and by accident I typed "30 Megs". Oops That was supposed to be my OSX 10.4 volume. Its too late now - its too small. So I only have two choices for a place for TIger: my 12 GIG drive or the other partition of my 250 GIG drive. I am reluctant to choose my 12 GIG drive because it already has an older OS on it (OS 8.6).
I was concerned about installing TIger on the data partition of the 250 GIG drive because that is where all my valuable data files are - 10 Gigs of data. I don't want to risk scrambling this data in any way.
Is it safe to install Tiger onto this partition with my data files? Or is the possibility it might do something to my data.
Its only a temporary install so that I could burn my 10 GIGs of data files to DVD for backup and then I will start all over again and erase the entire hard drive and reinstall from scratch onto the 250 GIG drive once my data files are safely backed up. (I will not partition the 250 GIG drive i nthe final install - it will be one big partition.)
One other question:
When you format a disk in Tiger are there options to "low level format" or "zero all data" or will just a straight "erase" do the job sufficiently? I bought my 250 GIG Hitachi SATA drive new and so I am not sure if it worth the time to re-erase it with "zero all data" (if that is an option in the Tiger Disk Utility). What is the best formatting option to prepare this drive in the most beneficial for Tiger?
Thanks for any suggestions.

Thanks scb and Jeff,
Jeff, you have me thinking now. I think I will be safe and try another idea. I have a 4 GIG internal SCSI drive I could use to backup my data in 4 GIG sections at a time via my Adaptec 2430 SCSI card. I could then move this hard drive over to my other G3 onto its 40 GIG hard drive. This would be done three times to take off all my data and essentially provide a backup before I install Tiger. Good idea. You are right. It is better to play it safe.
By the way 8.6 can handle HFS+. And yes, I should eventually buy an external drive solution - probably an enclosure. I saw one called "coolmax" [1]. It could hold a SATA drive and it had USB, firewire and also an external SATA port.
And also Jef thanks for the info about formatting drives. I am glad to hear it is not important to zero all data if you don't have to. I am not concerned about havig anything to hide and so yes, I will just click "format" - that should be fine. Zero all data takes such a long time and I would rather avoid using it if I don't need this feature. Thanks for the advice.
Thanks for the new safer direction.
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Put in new HD,but can't install osx

A friend gave me an iBook G3 500 MgHz. I want it to coordinate with my iMac G5 to be able to use same Tiger software. I put in 640 MB of Ram, then installed OSX 10.4. Everything OK but the modem was broke and there was not much room on HD. So I bought new 80Gig Toshiba HD and new modem, did the surgery using excellent iFixit instructions and went to reinstall OSX from my cds. The computer works if I start it with OSX installer cd, and the disk utility and System Profiler show the hard drive properly,
BUT WHEN I START THE INSTALLER THE HARD DRIVE DOESN'T SHOW UP AS THE DESTINATION DRIVE,NOTHING SHOWS UP AS A POSSIBLE DESTINATION DRIVE.
DID I MISS A MAJOR STEP TO PREPARE THE COMPUTER FOR A NEW HD? IS THERE SOMETHING I CAN DO WITH DISK UTILITY or some startup keyboard stuff TO MAKE IT SHOW UP?
HELP

YO YO YO Matt, you are the MAN! Don't know why a blank disk needs to be erased but hey, it worked . I almost tried it last night but wasn't sure which format to use. Thanks; OSX is installing.

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I have made a copy of OSX10.4.8 from my G5 and put it onto my Lacie external hardrive then hooked up the hardrive to my G3 using firewire. Once the lacie mounted on th desktop I was albe to open it up and find the OSX 10 copy, and drag it onto my desktop. Can I now install OSX 10 somehow onto my G3, and if so, what/how do I do this ? And do I have partition the hardive.. on the G3 etc ?
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Hello Again! You may be able to use FTDM to run the installer from the G5. Tom
How to use FireWire target disk mode
Learn what FireWire target disk mode (TDM) is and how to use it.
Description and requirements
FireWire target disk mode allows a Macintosh computer with a FireWire port (the target computer) to be used as an external hard disk connected to another computer (the host). Once a target computer is started up as a FireWire hard disk and is available to the host computer, you can copy files to or from that volume.
Important: The computer will not go into FireWire target disk mode if "Open Firmware Password" has been enabled.
Host computer requirements
Host computers must meet the following requirements:
* Built-in FireWire port, or a FireWire port on a PC card
* FireWire 2.3.3 or later
* Mac OS 8.6 or later
Target computers
The following models can be used as target computers:
* iMac (Slot Loading) with Firmware version 2.4 or later
* iMac (Summer 2000) and all models introduced after July 2000
* eMac (all models)
* Mac mini (all models)
* Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics) with ATA drive
* Power Mac G4 Cube
* Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) and all models introduced after July 2000
* Power Mac G5 (all models)
* iBook (FireWire) and all models introduced after September 2000
* MacBook (all models)
* PowerBook G3 (FireWire)
* PowerBook G4 (all models)
* MacBook Pro (all models)
FireWire software
You can download the latest Firmware and FireWire software from the Apple Support Downloads page (http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/).
How to use FireWire target disk mode
Important: Unplug all other FireWire devices from both computers prior to using FireWire target disk mode. Do not plug in any FireWire devices until after you have disconnected the two computers from each other, or have stopped using target disk mode.
Tip: If you will be transferring FileVault-protected home directories (Mac OS X 10.3 or later only), log in as the FileVault-protected user and temporarily turn off FileVault. After transferring home directory contents to the target computer, enable FileVault protection again if desired.
To use FireWire target disk mode
1. Make sure that the target computer is turned off. If you are using a PowerBook or iBook as the target computer, you should also plug in its AC power adapter.
2. Use a FireWire cable (6-pin to 6-pin) to connect the target computer to a host computer. The host computer does not need to be turned off.
3. Start up the target computer and immediately press and hold down the T key until the FireWire icon appears. The hard disk of the target computer should become available to the host computer and will likely appear on desktop. (If the target computer is running Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, you can also open System Preferences, choose Startup Disk, and click Target Disk Mode. Then restart the computer and it will start up in Target Disk Mode.)
4. When you are finished copying files, drag the target computer's hard disk icon to the Trash or select Put Away from the File menu (Mac OS 9) or Eject from the File menu (Mac OS X).
5. Press the target computer's power button to turn it off.
6. Unplug the FireWire cable.
If the target computer's hard disk does not become available to the host computer, check the cable connections and restart the host computer.
Find out about "FireWire Ports and Specifications".
Tip: FireWire Target Disk Mode works on internal ATA drives only. Target Disk Mode only connects to the master ATA drive on the Ultra ATA bus. It will not connect to Slave ATA, ATAPI or SCSI drives.
Using Target Disk Mode with Intel-based Macs
If you attempt to mount an Intel-based Mac in Target Disk Mode on a Macintosh running Mac OS X 10.3.9 or earlier, you'll see an alert message. For more information, see article 303118, "Intel-based Macs: "You have inserted a disk containing no volumes that Mac OS X can read" alert message".

Installing OSX 10.4 from scratch??

Hi All,
Recently I bought a new hard drive, and have copied all my files i want to keep onto DVD's. I would like to start from scratch again with the new hard drive, does anyone have any tips/instructions on how to install OSX 10.4? I have the 2 startup disks that came with my MacBook. Is it just these 2 i need to install the whole system? Do I need to partition the drive or anything?
Any help would be great.
Many thanks.

Hi all, thanks for the responses.
although I am having a bit of trouble with this:
'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.
6. Highlight the drive, select Partition Tab, then Format type... MacOS Extended Journalled, select the Security Options button, choose Zero Out Data, Erase... after completion hopefully you'll be able to install.'
I can't see the disclosure tab? What is it you mean by that??
The way I have understood doing this installation so far, is this. Is this right?:
1. on inserting the disc, and selecting the language, i go onto disk utility.
(according to http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/partitioningtiger.html , i don't need to go onto the erase tab, as 'If you are going to partition your new drive you can skip down to the Partition section below, as when you partition your hard drive, you will reformat the drive during the partition process.' Is this right?)
2. i go onto partitioning, select my one partition i want to make, select it from the big box to the left, click to format as mac os extended (journaled)
3. click the partition button, and wait for this to finish.
4. carry on installing tiger as i've finished formatting/partiting.
does this sound right? if not, where have i got it wrong, and what do i need to change?

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I have previously posted how my G4 is on it's way out. Before I finally bid it farewell I thought I would try to re-install OS X on it. Found I could not open the drive on the G4.
So I bought a 3.5 inch external caddie and wired it to my internal drive of my G4 the ran the USB cable in to my MBP and I got full access to my drive. Sweet.
Stuck in Tiger into MBP and it tells me I can't install this, to this computer (being my MBP) Fair enough. Looked in Startup in preferences. No disc showing. Tried holding down C, on reboot, it went straight to my usual log in and didn't start from disc.
Tried this on the first OS X disc too. This let me open this disc. But it won't run it and same result with Startup and holding down C.
My Questions.
How can I get my MacBook Pro to show the OSX disc in start up so I can boot from it?
How can I get the MBP to Boot from Disc?
How can I Install OSX to my G4 from my lap top?
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Jamie

It might work. G4 on its way out previous is that for some reason it will power on, hard drive spins, no sign of life from screen, no Apple chimes, no nothing.
I can't force open disc drive with C key or do Command Option F O thing. It won't pop out. I have tried changing battery reseting PSU. Removed USB cards, etc. Memory chips.
The only thing I have not done is try re-installing system discs to it. Which I can't as I can't open the drive.
So I was going call my insurers and get them to take it away and I bought a external 3.5 inch caddied to pop my drive into so that I could remove any files I might need. Then it dawned on me that maybe I could reinstall through the the caddie onto my G4 internal drive. Which I now know I can't
So I may try the clone option as final stand against the machine.
How would one clone system disc to another drive?
thanks again,
Jamie

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Thank you so much, Stanley Horwitz and The hatter, for your prompt and very valuable replies and the informative link. Now I can rest assured in the knowledge that my new G5 (built 8G32a) is strictly a Tiger machine and be content to keep OSX 3.9 on my G4 QuickSilver.
I like Panther and am new to Tiger (two weeks). When I install QXP 6.5 in Tiger, the Activity Monitor no longer functions, but works fine with QXP 6.5 installed under OSX 3.9 on the G4. I will update to OSX 4.7, which may solve the conflict with Quark.
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BTW: My G5 runs beautifully, fast and COOL!
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