Sludgedragon
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In the interim while I am without my main Mac, I have pulled out an iBook G4 that I haven't touched in a looooong time. I believe it has 10.4 on it. Got the forgotten password sorted out. It starts up until it gets to the screen with the swoopy blue abstract design, does not load any further than that. No desktop stuff.
It's been so long I don't remember what I have done with it, does this sound as if I loaded a software version (either too new, or for the wrong machine) on the hard drive before I installed it in this machine? I have in my possession disks of 10.4 that are for an iMac but when I tried to start from that disk there was a message that that version would not install on that machine. Is it time to cruise eBay for Tiger?
I also found the Lombard I toted halfway around the world back in 2008, I can't believe I was hauling something that heavy around!
It's been so long I don't remember what I have done with it, does this sound as if I loaded a software version (either too new, or for the wrong machine) on the hard drive before I installed it in this machine? I have in my possession disks of 10.4 that are for an iMac but when I tried to start from that disk there was a message that that version would not install on that machine. Is it time to cruise eBay for Tiger?
I also found the Lombard I toted halfway around the world back in 2008, I can't believe I was hauling something that heavy around!
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