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    Restoring G4 PB with MBP disks?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by teknerd122, Oct 5, 2008.

  1. teknerd122

    teknerd122 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey all, is it possible to use the system disks that came with my MBP to reinstall Tiger on my Ti PowerBook (1st generation, 500mhz G4)?

    My Ti PowerBook keeps getting the spinning beachball of death and nothing has been able to remedy it. I have 12gb available space, fixed all disk permissions, cleared PRAM, stopped extraneous processes, and have a clean desktop. I really see no option other than reformatting/reinstalling. Please let me know what you folks think. My standalone Tiger disks are across the Pacific and no-doubt hidden in my parents' garage.
     
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    Bog Losing it...

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    If the MacBook Pro uses an Intel CPU it won't work because the discs will have a version of Mac OS that is designed for the x86 architecture, not the PowerPC architecture [that your G4 is built on].
     
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    Shucks. I didn't realize that it was processor-specific. =( I guess I'm stuck.
     
    teknerd122, Oct 5, 2008
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