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  • TCPMetaTCPMeta
    I'm just saying it's great for a test bed to check out the hardware issue besides Linux that isn't too much PPC friendly.
  • KCompRoom2000KCompRoom2000
    TCPMeta wrote:
    A G5 wouldn't be able to run OS9 let alone OS10.2. The minimum OS version is 10.4.
    IIRC the early PowerMac G5 shipped with 10.2, Later ones shipped with 10.3, The 2005 model shipped with 10.4, So 10.4 is only minimum on a 2005 model. Earlier models could run earlier versions than that, But it can never run OS 9. Only on Classic Environment within OS X.
  • FAMICOMASTERFAMICOMASTER
    Right, well I've tried all of the following operating systems on it with mixed results:

    Ubuntu Linux (PPC version) - Gets past white screen and fans rev up to max... then nothing, monitor loses video signal.

    Darwin - System would not recognize the disc on any optical drive or and disc burned from any system

    OS 9.2.2 - Starts up to macintosh folder then freezes.

    OS X 10.2 - System does not recognize disc - just like Darwin

    OS X 10.4 - System freezes after seeing disc and will not start unless unplugged

    OS X 10.5 - System sees disc and optical drive light blinks for a few minutes as if it is working, then acts as if no disc is there.

    Hard drive, I can't replace, I haven't got the cash for a new SATA hard disk to put in. Any other ideas?
  • FAMICOMASTERFAMICOMASTER
    Just for a sort of last resort, I tried the PowerPC versions of the following operating systems with interesting results:

    Windows NT 4 - Recognizes disc, screen goes blue and resets to macintosh bong.

    System 7.5.1 - Didn't expect this to work, and it didn't

    OS 8 - Recognizes disc, then drive ejects itself without any warning and it won't close unless force shutdown and restart.
  • BODBOD
    You could try NetBSD, it has a pretty expansive list of systems it'll run on.
  • TCPMetaTCPMeta
    KCompRoom2000 wrote:
    TCPMeta wrote:
    A G5 wouldn't be able to run OS9 let alone OS10.2. The minimum OS version is 10.4.
    IIRC the early PowerMac G5 shipped with 10.2, Later ones shipped with 10.3, The 2005 model shipped with 10.4, So 10.4 is only minimum on a 2005 model. Earlier models could run earlier versions than that, But it can never run OS 9. Only on Classic Environment within OS X.

    Not just 10.2 but 10.2.8. Also after the firmware update the system can only run 10.3.
  • garirrygarirry
    I recently had my Macbook break and no system would boot on there. Turns out it's the hard drive. So try finding a new hard drive as soon as you can, and try again. I recommend only trying OS X systems, the rest are a bit complicated to set up. Also, the G5 doesn't support OS 9 I believe and it originally came with 10.3, so anything previous will probably not work.
  • FAMICOMASTERFAMICOMASTER
    BOD wrote:
    You could try NetBSD, it has a pretty expansive list of systems it'll run on.

    It won't recognize the NetBSD disc.

    I'll look for a new hard drive, can I attach it to the ATAPI chain instead of the SATA connector, though? I only have one loose SATA drive (WD6400) which I really don't want to ruin or format, it contains a lot of personal information that is irreplaceable (family photos, scrapbooks, drawings,etc.).
  • TCPMetaTCPMeta
    It should boot fine with out a hard disk. It seems it might be a bad optical drive. Try using a flash drive. You can use a program called Transmac to convert a Mac formatted ISO to a bootable jumpdrive.
  • calvinbcalvinb
    Did you use the Power Mac CD for NetBSD? I'd also try OpenBSD, which supports less architectures, but supports what it does better.
  • garirrygarirry
    TCPMeta wrote:
    It should boot fine with out a hard disk. It seems it might be a bad optical drive. Try using a flash drive. You can use a program called Transmac to convert a Mac formatted ISO to a bootable jumpdrive.
    Yeah, pretty much. If you are on Mac, you could easily use Disk Utility to restore the ISO/DMG into an USB. If you actually have an ISO file (as opposed to a DMG file) and you're running Windows, you should be able to use a regular ISO2USB program.
  • FAMICOMASTERFAMICOMASTER
    TCPMeta wrote:
    It should boot fine with out a hard disk. It seems it might be a bad optical drive. Try using a flash drive. You can use a program called Transmac to convert a Mac formatted ISO to a bootable jumpdrive.

    The optical drive is a known working replacement.

    The flash drives I have are all less than 1GB in size, I doubt that will work on the burning side.

    OpenBSD wasn't recognized.
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