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Hello,
I bought an iBook G4 from a friend and it was working great, I hooked it to another iBook by firewire cable and wiped the HD so I could easily start new. Now when I boot all I get is a flashing folder icon with a ?mark and rotating face. I insert the OSX Disc and restart holding down the C key and nothing happens, It still comes to same flashing folder. iBook, Mac OS X (10.4.1), iBook G4 The drive worked previously, The Disc is Mac OSX 10.0.3 for iBook I have also tried holding the option key at startup and nothing loads except a refresh logo and an error but no drive containing OSX Disk |
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Making sawdust
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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Are you positive that its 10.0.3 and not 10.3 on that disc?
According to everymac.com, the first ibook G4 shipped with 10.3, which may explain why it will not boot with the C key. |
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I shot the sherrif.
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Do you have any way to copy the contents of that disk to a flash drive?
Otherwise, you can always leave the two iBooks connected via Firewire and see if you can get the disk to load in the other iBook. I've done that before, and I think that works, but it's been a while. Google is your frenemy. Caveat Emptor - Latin for tough titty I tend to interpret things in the way that's most hilarious to me |
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Yes the disk package I was given when I bought it has Mac OSX 10.0.3, how would I get 10.3?
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Making sawdust
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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Good question. Only thing that comes to mind right now would be eBay.
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¡Damned!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Purgatory
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Your friend probably gave you a clamshell iBook startup disc? Honestly I don't remember *any* machine shipping with 10.0, unless it was included along with the OS9 disc for kicks.
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