Showing the “Prohibition” logo when I try to boot.

[PowebookMan]

I finally got my Powerbook G4 to boot off my USB, but it is showing the stop sign logo. Can someone please help me fix this? I just want leopard.

 

[TheShortTimer]

What was the source of the Leopard version that you used to create the USB installer? Was it a retail DVD? If you used a disc that was intended for a specific machine that's not your PowerBook then it won't work.

 

[PowebookMan]

i made a bootable usb drive.

What was the source of the Leopard version that you used to create the USB installer? Was it a retail DVD? If you used a disc that was intended for a specific machine that's not your PowerBook then it won't work.

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[Shirasaki]

i made a bootable usb drive.


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What he means is there are specific versions of macOS leopard that corresponds to your machine. If what you get is not that version, the installation may not succeed.

Do you happen to have the original retail DVD with you? Or do you happen to know how to find it online? You should be able to find the machine model on your Mac somewhere.

 

[PowebookMan]

What he means is there are specific versions of macOS leopard that corresponds to your machine. If what you get is not that version, the installation may not succeed.

Do you happen to have the original retail DVD with you? Or do you happen to know how to find it online? You should be able to find the machine model on your Mac somewhere.

I have the model number. Let me look it up. Thanks for the help though, I was kinda confused. Very off topic. Cant wait for tomorrow because im getting another 2009 iMac tomorrow. Do the 2009 iMacs have the radeon graphics problems? I have a 2011 27 2TB I7 8GB iMac sitting in the corner of my room just waiting for a new GPU.

 

[ervus]

Target disk mode might be a way around this. If the installer will work on a machine that you have, connect the powerbook as an external drive and do the install to that drive.

 

[PowebookMan]

Target disk mode might be a way around this. If the installer will work on a machine that you have, connect the powerbook as an external drive and do the install to that drive.

Im going to try that tonight. I will update everyone then.