Same as cramming 128 in 06 to show that it can be done and test it lolWhat’s the point of cramming in 32 GB then?
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Sorbet Leopard - Your Power Mac Unleashed
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i recall a past mention that Linux did support the full 32GB, and that OS X exploitation would require modifying the Open Firmware initialization code.What’s the point of cramming in 32 GB then?
Finding out myself is on my to-do list, so I’ve got a set of 4GB DIMMs on the way from an Chinese eBay vendor.
I want to install it on my G4 TI, as a clean install. What is the best way to do it? I don't have a firewire cable or other similar.
So the solution maybe is the USB pen drive, but now I can do it?
So the solution maybe is the USB pen drive, but now I can do it?
What’s the point of cramming in 32 GB then?
For everyone say “wow”, of course.
Add 10.6 PPC to the list. The main advantage of Leopard, support of ppc64, is irrelevant for G4.
You might be able to get away with imaging Sorbet to a second partition, deleting the original, and resizing Sorbet to fill the disk.
Not that I am overly surprised, but dmg remains broken as it were, and restore in DU fails (in fact, even scanning for restore fails).
Boot into the original OS. Fire up Disk Utility. Click the + to split the partition. This might not work in Tiger. Make sure the second partition is at least 20 GB. Apply. Then mount the Sorbet image and restore the mount to the second patition.
Try mounting it and restoring the mount.
@barracuda156 The dmg is not broken, Disk Utility's restore function is.
As explicitly described in the Installation Guide (below the download center within Sorbet's page @ Macintosh Garden), if Disk Utility insists on being difficult, you must instead revert to an all-around more competent tool, like Carbon Copy Cloner.
From then on, I believe the embedded video in the first post (in the User Reviews section) goes more into detail as far as restoring an image from CCC, though I also recall that it was quite straightforward.
As explicitly described in the Installation Guide (below the download center within Sorbet's page @ Macintosh Garden), if Disk Utility insists on being difficult, you must instead revert to an all-around more competent tool, like Carbon Copy Cloner.
From then on, I believe the embedded video in the first post (in the User Reviews section) goes more into detail as far as restoring an image from CCC, though I also recall that it was quite straightforward.
@z970 - thanks so much for your work on Leopard Sorbet. I just installed in to a partition alongside Tiger 10.4.11 (I like to run a classic environment), and it's fantastic to have as an alternative to 10.4.11 in my Powermac G5 (A1177).
To partition the drive, I needed to spin up a Leopard install USB, since Tiger's disc utility can't partition drives without wiping the data.
Once that was done, it was a cinch to use 10.4.11 to restore the *mounted* dmg to the new partition.
Easy!
To partition the drive, I needed to spin up a Leopard install USB, since Tiger's disc utility can't partition drives without wiping the data.
Once that was done, it was a cinch to use 10.4.11 to restore the *mounted* dmg to the new partition.
Easy!
it would make compiling TFF from a RAM drive better.What’s the point of cramming in 32 GB then?
Surely, but the point was it needs to be addressable.
Can we please find an alternative solution for this image? I wasted already 3h to find a solution to install it on my power book g4, I'm trying via USB, on big sur I'm trying to restore the image on USB and always receive an error, I really don't want to install OS X on my power book g4 and restore it on another partition, to much mess. Is there a way? I don't have a firewire cable and another G4 computer, so this solution is excluded.
Install standard Leopard and do all the tweaks manually afterwards - half a hour on top of the install.
Sorbet is Leopard with the tweaks pre-installed, it's a great time saver not a radical departure from Leopard.
Courtesy of this forum most of it's Leopard users have been enjoying the Sorbet improvements for about ten years.
If you manually tweak Leopard you'll get an even more efficient OS than Sorbet is as it can be adjusted to your exact needs and hardware.
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Although Sorbet Leopard is nice to use, I always worry that Apple could send a Cease and Desist order at any time, even though both 10.5 and 10.6 are obsolete. As long as they leave us alone, Sorbet Leopard will always become popular for PPC users.
Also, G3 version when?
Also, G3 version when?
It will be nice if someone can manage somehow to create a DVD Single Layer ISO of Sorbet Leopard. Everything will be so much easier.
Apple doesn’t give a s*** about us, PowerPC, or anything related to that past. So this isn’t an issue anymore.
Final Leopard doesn't run on G3s, which implies Sorbet doesn't either, and dare I say never will.
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Have you not tried Sausage Leopard?Final Leopard doesn't run on G3s, which implies Sorbet doesn't either, and dare I say never will.