If you get a prohib symbol after finding the right boot command, that means you either 1) messed up while creating the flash drive, or 2) the system software won't work with this Macintosh, or finally, 3) you just pointed to the wrong root partition. If all that fails, then finally you would want to force the Mac to read the CHRP script manually:īoot ud:,3\System\Library\CoreServices\BootX To use the default boot image on the server, press and hold Option-N instead. N: start up from a NetBoot server, if your Mac supports network startup volumes. Or use Option-D to start up to this utility over the internet. In my example, "3" refers to the System folder being on the third partition of the device. D: start up with the Apple Diagnostics utility. May need to fiddle with command syntax - specifically the number. Your USB flash drive will probably be at a path like that path to something less awful by a command like devalias ud then should be able to boot the "ud" device you just made an alias to. List all devices with dev / ls and find your USB device. Once your flash drive has been created properly (use something like SuperDuper), try the following: If you want your Mac to read all the drive buses again, click the spinning arrow button to the left and wait for 5-10 seconds. If you do not see the CD/DVD icon, wait for a few seconds, it will eventually show up (given that your CD/DVD drive is not broken). The solution was much more simple than I expected.If you block-copy the 10.4 disc image to an HFS+ formatted flash drive, that has been set up with Apple Partition Map you will be able to (with some OF trickery) boot from USB on a PowerPC Macintosh. The PowerPC boot selection screen will look like the following. Still find it interesting that you cannot use certain install disks to reinstall, but you can clone from the HD and all is well.Īgain, thanks for staying with me on this. Guess I was using too much Windows mentality.
I did not realize the difference between the install disks that originally come with a Mac and the Retail versions.and the impact they can have on installation. So, this has been a great learning experience for me with Macs. Lo and behold.both Mac iBooks now run flawlessly with OSX 10.5. This time I let the clone finish to completion.before, I think I ended it before the verify was done, as I thought it was complete. Then, with the borrowed iBook that has OSX 10.5 installed, I cloned from it to mine via Target Mode. So your next hurdle is to get a qualified tech to boot the. Problem is, the Mac restore CD has no file manipulation functions - even though it should. If it boots off the CD, at least some of your hardware is working. Put the CD in, and then restart the computer, while holding down the C key. I put the old logic board back in and confirmed I still could not install OSX 10.3.however, I now believe that is because the disks I bought were not the retail version that was advertised. First test is to boot from your recovery CD. I finally resolved the problem! Apparently, I had a couple of issues going on, and led myself down the wrong path with a logic board replacement. Majesty, you have been so helpful and patient, and I appreciate it.
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