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It has not been reset to factory settings and still has all the info of the previous owner. Ive been an avid mac user for about 17 years now and have used this forum to search for answers to technical problems many times through the years. Why do you need to know the original install greylabel system disc part numbers. Open firmware security ibook g4 will not boot from os x install disk hello everyone, long time lurker, first time poster here. Lubuntu is a fast and lightweight operating system with a clean and easytouse user interface. I bought three and all of them ended up being the original release. I accidently deleted my system preference on my ibook g4.
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Because of this, lubuntu has very low hardware requirements. Macos 9 was abandoned in favor of of the unixish nextstepopenstep based mac os x running macos 9 requires a supported power pc based macintosh see the compatibility matrix, or the following. If that doesnt work, contact the people who sold you the ibook and ask them for the install disks for your model. The original tiger install disc doesnt have drivers for the latest ibook or powerbook g4. Now go to the boot menu and install the mac os x tiger iso on your pc. Apple combo drive cd burner upgrade macbook pro and. Resetting the password to reset a mac os x account password, startup the computer using an apple software restore disc or a mac os x install disc. Solved old powerbook g4 wont boot from any install disc. A full list of available files, including bittorrent files, can be found below. When we tried to boot it up it freezes with the apple screen and the cycling disks. Powerbook g4 system install disk showing 155 of 55 messages.