I posted on Reddit and Apple Forums - now I'm coming here. Here is what I posted. If you guys can help me find a bootable DVD/USB or anything else to repair my PB OS - and eventually get Sorbet installed it would be appreciated.
So I created an issue. I had a Powerbook G4 lying around and I thought it would be cool to resurrect it. After 5-6 years it booted up into Tiger 10.4.? I thought awesome - nostalgia. Will I then decided to see what the latest OS I can run on this laptop to improve compatibility with modern day internet. I found Sorbet - a combination of Leopard and unreleased Snow Leopard for PowerPC. I downloaded the image and tried following instructions.
My question to everyone - is WTH why is it sooooooo hard to recover a bad old MacOS X install? Also - is THERE anything out there that will allow me to boot into a DVD or USB - repair the Mac HD with Tiger - or at least reinstall PowerPC capable MacOSX????? I mean this is a Mac it should be seamless? Am I missing a DVD from my Leopard retail box that had a bootable DVD to perform repairs - etc???
To say this has been frustrating is an understatement.
I came here after posting on Reddit because I hope this Apple Community would be able to help better. Any help would be appreciated.
Few thoughts:
So I created an issue. I had a Powerbook G4 lying around and I thought it would be cool to resurrect it. After 5-6 years it booted up into Tiger 10.4.? I thought awesome - nostalgia. Will I then decided to see what the latest OS I can run on this laptop to improve compatibility with modern day internet. I found Sorbet - a combination of Leopard and unreleased Snow Leopard for PowerPC. I downloaded the image and tried following instructions.
- Well Disk Utility would not create a partition on my HD since it was where the OS resides - in the videos the people installing Sorbet just selected DU - created a new partition - used Carbon Copy to reimage Sorbet onto the new portion - reboot and boom. I couldn't even do this.
- I own my Tiger (I can't find the original DVD). So I went to Mac Garden archives to download a new Tiger Install DVD thinking to reinstall Tiger and create partitions during install. Tiger DVD mounted on desktop - I selected Install Tiger - said it had to reboot to do this - reboot - and it goes back to the original HD. So I try to boot into Tiger Install DVD holding Option - doesn't show up. So this was dead end.
- I then on my Mac M1 create a USB with the Sorbet OS imaged on it. Inserted into PB hold option - and it doesn't show up. Understand the Sorbet IMG files is a fully running HD image of Sorbet - should be bootable - no?
- So then I got frustrated - I said I'm going to get Sobet running so I used DU to try to image Sorbet over existing Tiger on HD. I knew this was going to end badly. Bot did it - my PB Tiger OS is fried - won't boot - just get jibberish.
- So I download Leopard Install DVD - still won't show up in boot options holding Option.
My question to everyone - is WTH why is it sooooooo hard to recover a bad old MacOS X install? Also - is THERE anything out there that will allow me to boot into a DVD or USB - repair the Mac HD with Tiger - or at least reinstall PowerPC capable MacOSX????? I mean this is a Mac it should be seamless? Am I missing a DVD from my Leopard retail box that had a bootable DVD to perform repairs - etc???
To say this has been frustrating is an understatement.
I came here after posting on Reddit because I hope this Apple Community would be able to help better. Any help would be appreciated.
Few thoughts:
- Before I fried my OS install on my PB - there was a way to boot up in target mode using Firewire - man I don't even have a HD using FireWire - and my new Macs are modern - using USB only. If bootie from Firewire HD is easier than DVD/USB please advise - again I'm sure Firewire HDs are rare and most likely expensive.
- There are command in Open Firmware on the PC that I suppose will force booting into a USB - but why is this soooooo hard - on a Mac!!!! Should be - hey man I don't see OS on HD so let's look around - oh hello USB - boot!