winterlight
Active member
Hi guys,
I'm trying to install Mac OS 10.4 on a Power Mac G5 (11,2)
The install disc I'm using is a 10.4 Install Disk with Xcode 2 that I bought from eBay.
When I try to boot from the DVD I get a kernel panic. The kernel version is Darwin 8.0.0
I then tried to boot into Safe Mode where the topline error is "Unable to find driver for this platform: PowerMac11,2"
Looking further on eBay it appears that nobody differentiates versions of Mac OS that are compatible with the 11.2 hardware revision for the G5.
When I try to boot into single user mode I get a kernel panic again.
Can anyone let me know what I can do?
Is there a special version of 10.4 I can use for a G5 with 11,2 hardware?
Two incidental things:
1 - I'm using a 256GB SSD as the HDD, it is unformatted. I've tried both Bay A and B.
2 - I'm using a non-Apple USB mouse, not sure if this has anything to do with this.
BTW, I'm trying to do this so that I can use Classic Mode to play games on this thing.
Hope you guys can help this poor Mac-noob!
I'm trying to install Mac OS 10.4 on a Power Mac G5 (11,2)
The install disc I'm using is a 10.4 Install Disk with Xcode 2 that I bought from eBay.
When I try to boot from the DVD I get a kernel panic. The kernel version is Darwin 8.0.0
I then tried to boot into Safe Mode where the topline error is "Unable to find driver for this platform: PowerMac11,2"
Looking further on eBay it appears that nobody differentiates versions of Mac OS that are compatible with the 11.2 hardware revision for the G5.
When I try to boot into single user mode I get a kernel panic again.
Can anyone let me know what I can do?
Is there a special version of 10.4 I can use for a G5 with 11,2 hardware?
Two incidental things:
1 - I'm using a 256GB SSD as the HDD, it is unformatted. I've tried both Bay A and B.
2 - I'm using a non-Apple USB mouse, not sure if this has anything to do with this.
BTW, I'm trying to do this so that I can use Classic Mode to play games on this thing.
Hope you guys can help this poor Mac-noob!