If the bios can see the usb device attached to the pc, it will appear there usually written as usb hdd or with the usb brand name select it and pc should boot fine. I have a macbook pro15 inch, mid 2010 and have 8gb of ram and 500gb of hard drive space. I did all of the step you ask but ran into a problem. My dad had it taken out and we still have the powerbook g4 under the bed. If you have one of these, you need an external terminal or another pc. As another option, im considering buying an external firewire dvddrive to boot and install linux on the powerbook. Howto boot apple powerpcs from a usb drive in open firmware. Im trying to install leopard via usb because optical drive is apparently broken.
The freebsdppc port should run on any newworld apple machine any apple machine with a builtin usb port, as well as the sony playstation 3. I just got the machine and the drive does make usual sounds on bootup but it seems that something is blocking discs, they. Os x booting from cd on powerbook g4 apple dslreports. So i have another powerbook g4, it is 12 model with 1ghz g4, first with usb 2. The powerbook g4 runs on the riscbased powerpc g4 processor, designed by the aim appleibmmotorola development alliance and initially produced by motorola. Booting as a firewire target connect the powerbook to another fwequipped system. Os x booting from cd on powerbook g4 anyone know how to boot from the cd. But the builtin cdrom drive is no longer functioning.
Solved old powerbook g4 wont boot from any install disc. Just follow the info in this link, and i know you will find the answer to your prayers. Aug 28, 2004 ive never run linux on my powerbook g4 before. Last year i unsuccessfully tried to find information on how to boot my ibook g4 from a usb. I have a powerbook g4 12 on which i want to install linux. Between 2003 and 2005, the powerbook laptop was made with an aluminum body, an. When the computer starts, the system bios begins to check a predetermined list of drives and devices that may contain an operating system such as windows. I was able to backup my powerbook using time machine with an external drive by plugging in one usb to the powerbook, one to my ipod ac power brick, and the final smaller i dont know the kind to my external drive. When i boot up my mac and hold down option, it shows my main hard drive, and the ubuntu linux boot cd, but not the hard drive. Change boot sequence and how to boot from usb hp support. If you have one of these, you need an external terminal or another pc that. Your friends powerbook g4 is probably too new to be supported by your universal 9. The installation is currently going smoothly on my ibook g4.
Howto create a bootable usb drive from an iso image for apple. Boot again with stick, press f9, usb stick will appear in selectionsmenu. Youll see an icon for each bootable device hard disk, bootable cd, network, etc. Choosing boot device hold down the option key until the apple logo appears while powering on the laptop. This can be done by holding down cmdoptionof as you power on. But if you want to use the external drive as you main system, really i dont know, but will probably be a slow if you achieve it. As another option, im considering buying an external firewire dvd drive to boot and install linux on the powerbook. My wife just dropped my powerbook g4 and the right usb port is no longer working. The screen just turn black and never boot to chromebook. Apple powerbook g4 firmware for mac free download and. How can i get a powerbook g4 to boot from a usb cd rom using. How to start up your mac from a bootable cddvd, usb thumb.
How can i get a powerbook g4 to boot from a usb cd rom. Dec 11, 2016 i am glad to say that bunnspecials open firmware command did the trick on my ibook g4. Put the usb drive in the ibook, then turn it on and hold down apple key, option, o and f keys right after you hear the mac chime. Hold down the c button while booting to boot from the cd. I imaged the dvd to an 8gb usb stick in disk utility.
Buying a powerbook g4, dan knight, the book page, 11801. Booting your ibook g4 from a usb stick so i spent the better half of the night trying to figure out how to make my ibook g4 boot from a usb stick. I popped my os 9 cd in the cdrom drive and cannot get to any screen where it allows me to boot from the cd. Heres why im ordering one, and how im configuring it. However, when i try with my power mac g5, i get the prohibited sign. First boot without the memorystick, press esc to enter biossettings f10. Universal serial bus usb 38 firewire 40 pc cards 42 airport wireless internet and networking 43 ethernet 10100baset 44 external video support dvivga and svideo 45 battery 49 using your optical drive 53 keyboard controls and programmable function keys 56 security slot and keyboard lock 58.
Creating a bootable usb drive for the apple powerpcs is complicated due to the fact that they use apples hfs hierarchical file system as its native file system. Looking through mactracker, only the original powerbook g4 jan 2001 to oct 2001 would be old enough to boot from 9. Howto create a bootable usb drive from an iso image for. Ive used a tutorial like this to load leopard on a powerbook g4 ti with an 800mhz proc. The computer can boot an operating system from a hard drive, floppy drive, cd or dvd optical drive, usb storage device, or a network. Mar, 20 booting a ibook g4 off a usb stick markus ulfberg. By holding optionalt, i used to get a boot screen, but i dont get that now, when i started trying this dvd. The last few generations of macs which could boot mac os 9 require a modelspecific 9. Feb 10, 20 usb installs are pretty tricky with the powerbook. Howto create a bootable usb drive from an iso image for apple powerpcs in linux. Aug 17, 2010 booting your ibook g4 from a usb stick so i spent the better half of the night trying to figure out how to make my ibook g4 boot from a usb stick. Unable to boot to live dvd on mac powerbook g4 ask ubuntu. I thought maybe the cd had a system on it, and maybe could boot from that if the hard drive was bad, so im pretty sure the problem is not the cd.
If you have a powerpc most models it wont boot from a usb but i found a ben collins blog that teaches you how to do it, step by step. When booting, it goes to the apple logo and then the little round icon shows its doing. May 11, 2016 assuming that the bootable media is correct for your powerbook, you might need to boot into open firmware and select the optical drive. The powerbook g4 is a series of notebook computers manufactured, marketed, and sold by apple computer, inc. Hp pcs configuring the boot order in the system bios hp. My dad bought a powerbook g4 8 years ago and it lasted 3 years till the hard drive crashed. It is the only way to boot the machine from anything but the hard disk or the cdrom.
Can i install off the usb instead of the disc drive. If you are using mac os x you must boot from a local. I think it has mac osx installed and the previous owner may have had some security measures installed. When i hold down my option key and try to start to boot from my usb. Enter and close without saving be sure you activated legacy settings, usb boot selected in checkbox. I recently purchased a drive kit so i connected my old 8gb hard drive to my powerbook using usb which works great.
Boot your powerpc from a usb for mac powerpc mac powerpc. How to start up your mac from an external usb storage device if your usb thumb drive, usbbased external disk or flash storage contains a usable operating system or an os x installer, you can select it at boot time using os xs builtin feature called startup manager, which can be invoked via a simple keystroke. I attached an external usb drive to try to install the software there but doesnt find it. Apple powerbook powerpc g4 laptops for sale in stock ebay. The powerbook g4 runs on the risc based powerpc g4 processor, designed by the aim apple ibm motorola development alliance and initially produced by motorola. I have the leopard iso, but none of my dvd drives will burn dual layer, so i needed to use the usb route. How can you help me to completed this to a chromebook. Im not sure what you mean by wouldnt register the disc but to boot an older ibook powerbook from the optical drive, just hold down the c button as soon as you power on.
Installing ubuntu on macintosh powerpc, no cddrive, usb. The computer can boot an operating system from a hard drive, floppy drive, cd or. Some latemodel powerbook g4s dont seem to be able to boot from usb, but i havent tested that much, to see if something else was going on that might be resolvable. So i created a bootable usb drive in disk utility with the ubuntu 10. Or, you can get a fw400 cable and connect the imac and powerbook, put the powerbook in target disk mode hold t when you turn it on until a firewire logo appears on screen, and then see if you can access the powerbook drive on your imac. Superdrive dvdcd upgrades for apple powerbook g4 models. Sep 14, 2015 how to start up your mac from an external usb storage device if your usb thumb drive, usbbased external disk or flash storage contains a usable operating system or an os x installer, you can select it at boot time using os xs builtin feature called startup manager, which can be invoked via a simple keystroke. Assuming that the bootable media is correct for your powerbook, you might need to boot into open firmware and select the optical drive. I thought maybe the cd had a system on it, and maybe could boot from that if the hard drive was bad, so im pretty sure. The most uptodate information about supported hardware is currently being maintained on the wiki.
Im trying to install openbsd on this powerbook i have, but i dont see any instructions for usb boot and trying the commands for yaboot doesnt work. Getting started with your powerbook g4 apple support. Oct 05, 2015 you can boot from usb, i have done it several times on an ibook g3 and g4, as long as the external drive is properly set you wont have any problem. Some older g3 models can access open firmware via an external terminal. Then i tried to boot up from the usb drive by typing in boot ud.
I was thinking of detaching some usb items on my g5 like a display that uses usb port for hub and i will try that later. This means that while the information is accurate for this hardware but you may have to adapt it to your circumstances. Booting linux ppc from a usb drive on my powerbook apple. Sep 12, 2012 last year i unsuccessfully tried to find information on how to boot my ibook g4 from a usb. You can boot from usb, i have done it several times on an ibook g3 and g4, as long as the external drive is properly set you wont have any problem. Note, that for the pc to boot, the device must be written properly with windows 10 bootable iso. These computers are actually getting more and more obsolete, and this computer must be up to date concerning the software for a proper use mac os x 10. I did format the usb stick as apple partition map first in case that makes a difference. Im trying to reinstall the mac osx but doesnt find any drives.
I held down the option button but all that shows up is the main drive but when i get into os x the contents of the cd shows. I want to install leopard but the only way i have to install it is from a bootable usb drive. Still asking where to find some articles explaining in details all the bios setup options. How to boot powerbook g4 from usb hard dr apple community. It wouldnt boot from the usb when holding down option or c though i could get a menu. Between 2001 and 2002, the powerbook was made with a titanium body, a translucent black keyboard, a frontmounted slotloading drive, and a 15.
Between 2003 and 2005, the powerbook laptop was made with an aluminum body, an aluminumcolored keyboard, and a superdrive. When i open disk repair, the external drive is there the. I would like to install leopard, for which i have the dvd. I am glad to say that bunnspecials open firmware command did the trick on my ibook g4. Try holding down the option key while powering on to boot into option mode, and see if the option. When we bought a new macbook that came with the install disk 10.
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