Reinstallation on a G4 iBook

My mother has a G4 iBook that had the drive crash. I've got to reload Tiger on it. Can I use my MacBook's installation disc? If not, how do I get a Tiger installation disc that I can use for that computer? I have AppleCare on it.
Thanks in advance...

You can't use your MacBook's DVD because that's an Intel version of Tiger. If you have AppleCare, then you should go to an Apple Store. I'm guessing that you lost the DVD that came with the G4 iBook.

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Re: can't find home drive after reinstallation of O.S.X
Posted: Nov 2, 2009 6:58 PM in response to: cjunxing
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what happens when you enter commandshiftc in finder? that should show all the drives. if it doesn't, maybe the drive has acquired the hidden flag. run the following command in terminal
sudo chflags 0 /
you'll have to enter your admin password which you won't see as you type it. that's normal. see if the drive shows up.
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Re: can't find home drive after reinstallation of O.S.X
Posted: Nov 2, 2009 7:11 PM in response to: V.K.
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dear V.K.
When I enter commandshiftc in finder, it only shows up "network", then I followed to input sudo chflags 0 / in terminal and password, but the drives still not show up.
is there any other options to try out?
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Posted: Nov 2, 2009 8:01 PM in response to: cjunxing
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run the following command in terminal and post the results. this will list permissions flags and acls on the startup drive.
ls -ladeO /
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Posted: Nov 2, 2009 8:03 PM in response to: V.K.
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I run the command as follows.
Last login: Tue Nov 3 11:04:49 on ttys000
cjunxing:~ junxingchen$ ls -ladeO /
drwxrwxr-t 38 root admin - 1360 Aug 11 10:25 /
cjunxing:~ junxingchen$
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these permissions look fine. sorry, i don't know what the problem is or why the drive would not show in finder. does it happen on all accounts? make a new one and check from there.
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Posted: Nov 3, 2009 1:11 AM in response to: V.K.
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hi, V.K.
after running the two commands, suddenly, The Macintosh HD icon showed up at both desktop and sidebar in finder, but the other drive (I partition into two parts) still not showing. Then I open Onyx and tick the "unhidden those hidden files", I found that drive. So I conclude it was hidden by sth. But I don't know how to unhidden it, the icon always in grey.
Can you please instruct again.
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Posted: Nov 3, 2009 6:41 AM in response to: cjunxing
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aha, so it was a hidden flag after all. then run
sudo chflags 0 /volumes/*
you may need to restart after that to make the second drive show up.
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Dear V.K,
I run the command at my Macbook Pro, my second drive show up. So exceited! However, when I tried with my ibook G4, neither drives come out, is there any difference in the commands between Tiger and leopard. just now, I check the hidden files with Onyx, both drives are there.
Pls guide me.
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Re: can't find home drive after reinstallation of O.S.X
Posted: Nov 3, 2009 6:46 PM in response to: cjunxing
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sorry, I haven't dealt with Tiger in such a long time I don't remember if it respects chflags. ask on Tiger forums.
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After the upgrade to iBooks, the app has stopped working on my iPad2. I tap the icon and the app opens up but then shuts down again after a second or so. When I go to the app store I can't download it again from my purchases, since the only option is to OPEN - and the same thing happens when I try that. Either the upgrade doesn't function correctly with the latest iOS upgrade, or there's something screwy with the app itself. Anyone have a clue as to what is going on here?

ergoboard wrote:
Tried re-set, re-start and removing and downloading - and nothing works, the app still pops up, stays for a second or so and then disappears, although it seemingly stays in memory. It just ain't working and I see from other discussions that other people are having different problems with iBooks since the upgrade. Is Apple trying to drive us to Kindle, do you think - some response from someone at Apple would be useful, but I guess they're happy to let these forums run, floundering around to try to find an answer to a problem Apple probably knows about already!
These are strictly user-to-user forums hosted by Apple. Apple does not participate here. It's just users here. If you want to talk to Apple you can, of course, call Apple support, talk to a "Genius" at an Apple store, etc.
I'm using iBooks 3.0.1 with iOS 6.0.1 (and previously iOS 6) with no problems so there must be something unique about your iPad and installed software that is causing an iBooks crash.
Since you have tried restarting, resetting, and reinstallation of iBooks about the only thing left is to backup your iPod and restore the software on your system to see if that corrects the problem.

IBook G4 (Mid 2005) - AirPort 'disappeared' - Help!

Hello.
I'm an owner of an iBook G4 (Mid 2005) @ 1.33GHz.
It's been working perfectly since it has been bought. Till yesterday...
It came with Tiger, but some time ago I ordered Leopard. Everything was still working fine. But few days ago I decided to update OS to 10.5.2. After that it was still OK.
I use XAMPP (Apache Distribution with MySQL and other stuff). It set up permissions for 'nobody' on /Applications/xampp where I keep my site's files. Every time I wanted to save a file there (using BBEdit) I had to authenticate.
Yesterday, I got back to work on my site and when I tried to save a file and authenticated - whole system just freezed. But before, Software Update showed up and said that the Leopard Graphics update is ready to be installed, but I didn't want to update that time so I closed it.
I think that might be caused by some permissions' violation between some applications using that directory (I had few web browsers open, and my server was accessible via AirPort at all). I hard-reset my iBook.
When Mac OS got loaded - I noticed that my AirPort Extreme card is no longer recognized.
http://www.wroclaw.mm.pl/~kaziorvb/no_airport.png
http://www.wroclaw.mm.pl/~kaziorvb/no_airport2.png
That was really weird.. It just disappeared..
First, I tried resetting PMU. No result. Also reset PRAM. Then safe-booted.
Amazingly - AirPort was back! So I decided to reboot and just get back to work, but it disappeared once again. Tried resetting PMU and PRAM again and again, but with no results... I shut it down and opened it.
It's the last revision, so the AirPort card is not normally accessible.
Closed it, and booted once again. Still no AirPort...
I installed that update mentioned before by downloading it manually from Apple Downloads. It didn't change anything.
As I borrowed my Leopard Install DVD to my friend who's got a new iMac and lost his own, I performed a Hardware Test using my old Tiger (10.4.2) Installation DVD.
It didn't find any problems:
Test Results
AirPort - Passed
Logic Board - Passed
Mass Storage - Passed
Memory - Passed
Modem - Device found (What about this one? Is it normal?)
Video RAM - Passed
and in the Hardware Profile:
Communication
Ethernet HW address: xxx
AirPort card: AirPort Extreme
Bluetooth: Present
FireWire devices: Not present
It all just appeared to be OK, and my issues were only software-related.
I thought of performing a clean Mac OS X Tiger installation, so I started making backup.
Booted normally and again, the AirPort was back! Found my home network, typed in the password and successfully connected. After a while I got a kernel panic, so I had to restart the machine.
Again, AirPort was on. This time I managed to connect to the internet. Did all the backup, but then I got another kernel panic. I reset the PMU, what resulted losing AirPort again.
I thought that system reinstallation will fix all my problems, but I was wrong. Freshly installed Tiger couldn't see the AirPort card. Same after update to 10.4.11. I did all the PMU, PRAM, safe-booting tricks, but never resulting.
I also tried typing 'reset-nvram','set-defaults' and 'reset-all' in the Open Firmware console or typing 'sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions/' in the Terminal. Still no results.
What should I do ? I really don't want to pay boatloads to get it repaired..
Help
kaziorvb

Thanks for your response.
Anyway, I fixed it manually using Warren's tutorial @ Applintosh.
Thank you, Warren!

Internet Connect ported over from from iBook to MacBook not working

I recently bought a MacBook to replace my iBook. Not wanting to bring everything over I chose not to use the migration assistant and opted to bring certain files and programs over via firewire target mode. One of my choices was to bring over Internet Connect since I thought that would bring over my VPN settings. I think, however, the G4 version may not be entirely compatible with the intel/universal aspects of my new and already beloved MacBook.
I can connect to the Internet without problem but when I open Internet Connect I get no signal strength indication, the base station ID is not available, checking the box to show the Airport status in the menu bar does not place the status in the menu bar (it shows up fine in the iBook and my iMac G5). The summary tab just gives me Airport link status not available but does indicate how long my current connectivity to the Internet has lasted.
Is there any fix or reinstallation for Internet Connect possible? Thanks.
iMac G5 and iBook G4 and now MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.2)

No part of the operating system from your G4 iBook is compatible with a new Intel MacBook.
You will have to replace any system files that you "brought over" from the G4 from the MacBook Installation DVD. The iBook is not Universal Binaries. That's why it is not working.
If you don't wanna use the migration, then you'll probably have to set up your VPN settings manually again.

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