I am so lost. I need to install os 9 on powerbook g4 titanium...please advise
sorry to be so blue, I have no idea what I am doing.
I purchased a titanium powerbook 867mhz G4 second hand...
need to rescue some songs I wrote 10 years ago that I have stored on an external drive...
but I can't successfully install os9 to this laptop...
help! thanks.
you may think you are lost.. but yet u are in the best place to be asking the questions you are asking! so you are not really lost at all
the powerbook 867mhz model
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g4/specs/powerbook_g4_867.htmlaccording to the info posted on everymac.com your powerbook came with os9.22 installed aswell as 10.2.1 (Jaguar)
i think the cds that came with the laptop should have had 2 install methods
at least the mdd restore cds did... two methods, one is an INSTALL and the other is a RESTORE... on apple macs from 2002 onward , i think they came with both a RESTORE cd and an os INSTALLER cd.. on the macs that came out after 2002, both the quicksilver G4 + MDD G4 + it would seem, the powerbook G4 aswell. (the installer / restore could be on seperate cds, or in some cases, on the same disc)
anyway, the installer works as most installers do, installs a working version of the os onto a blank hard disk.. the RESTORE method accomplishes the same task in a slightly different manner, using the ASR (apple software restore) to restore the original contents of the hard drive to what was intended to be on the mac when first turned on, from a "hard drive image file" which was a snapshot of the original shipped hard drive contents at time of purchase. most "techs" would probably choose the latter of the two, because its quicker, and requires less human interaction with the computer to achieve the end task.
having briefly checked this page on another site with users discussing this topic:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/powerbook-g4-ti-867mhz-looking-for-the-original-restore-dvd.1562241/you will see some people responding saying that their install of os9 was unstable + buggy, well its most likely to me, that this
would be the result of using the incorrect installer cd for your machine. as we all know apple usually made significant hardware changes "under the hood" between models that visually look similar or identical..yet, inside have major differences in hardware.. i think this is also true for the powerbook g4 series in that some of them have different hardware from the other models that most would assume are similar.. so its very important that you use an install that properly supports this hardware. (ie: was produced either specifically for that specific model, or produced after the fact, containing all the right components.)
if it was my machine i would be trying to find out the exact part number of the restore cd that originally shipped with the machine, and attempt to locate that specific installer..
re: your comment "i do not want osx on this machine, only osx"
well the original contents of the hard drive when purchased included BOTH.
and theres no real need to erase one or the other... you can just boot to os9 and ignore the jaguar install untill needed or indefinately. in my experience its easier to just leave it alone, that way, if you need it, its already there, if u dont need it, so what, then just dont use it, its only 5gb of space or something like that?
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4040369?tstart=0at this address you can see that someone has taken the information from the "macTracker" application and pasted it here for the original posters reference.
according to this persons response they determined that there was no less than three different specific hardware model versions of the powerbook g4.. and included dates, which probably are telling us the time period this model was produced...
1) Powerbook G4 Oct/2001 - Apr/2002
2) Powerbook G4 Apr/2002 - Nov/2002
3) Powerbook G4 Nov/2002 - Dec/2003
im not sure how or why this guys broke it down into 3 different models..
because this page lists alot more models than just 3:
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g4/index-powerbook-g4.htmlthis page lists *24* different powerbook g4 models! the last *10* of which are of the "Aluminum" 7447a variety (which were intended to be OSX only machines) followed by another *5* of which are the "aluminum" 7447 cpu type variety.. followed by the remaining *8* powerbook g4's which are the "titanium" variety which are further divided into further types: original / gigabit / DVI / Ti..
looking at the production dates for those models we can cross reference those further types
Original : Jan 2001- Oct 2001
Gigabit : Oct 2001 - Apr 2002
DVI : Apr 2002 - Nov 2002
final TI : Nov 2002 - Sep 2003
so it would seem theres 4 different production phases for the Powerbook G4 "Titanium"
you need to make sure that you are installing the correct restore/install cds that correlate with the final Titanium models. if you have the 867 mhz model then that seems to be part of the final production phase for the powerbook g4 laptop.
https://winworldpc.com/product/mac-os-9/92on this page there is an iso posted of a powerbook g4 restore/install image (either or? possibly both?)
you need to find the correct cd installer that correlates to your machine.
it should be the same disc used for both the 867 + the 1.0ghz Titanium model i think.
keep in mind those production dates outlined above, whatever u do, DO NOT USE AN *EARLIER* INSTALL/RESTORE CD, ON A *LATER* MODEL that is the recipe for buggyness. so make sure whatever disc you use, that its coming from Nov 2002 or later; (the actual files on the disc if inspected may be from 2-3 months prior to the Nov 2002 release date)
good luck! finding the right installer, and having a stable + quick powerbook g4!
for example, heres a large image of a powerbook g4 restore cd that comes from 2002... (which, because its not specifically saying its from november? is most likely from the 2nd wave (gigabit) or 3rd wave (dvi) models which overlapped into the year 2002.. just because it says 2002 doesnt mean its from november 2002 or later...
https://ia800606.us.archive.org/34/items/PowerBook_G4_Software_Restore_1_of_3_691-3562-A_Apple_Computer_2002/PowerBook%20G4%20Software%20Restore%201%20of%203%20(691-3562-A)%20(Apple%20Computer)%20(2002).jpgthis cd indicates: cd version 1.0 691-3562-A
the last number is the part number of the actual cd.. all cds should have UNIQUE part numbers, while many of them could be "cd version 1.0" of their individual part numbers.. which is how they are referred to, to be ordered or replaced
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