Trouble installing Tiger on Powermac G4 PCI??

[shadowmoses]

Hi there,

I just bought myself OSX Tiger and am very keen to install it on my Powermac G4 Yikes (PCI) i have installed my own Sony DVD-rom to replace the Cd-rom which i got it with and i think this is where the problem is arising from;

I cannot get my Yikes G4 to boot from my non apple DVD i have tried holding down "C" with no luck the macine just boots as normal. And as this powermac doesnt support Target mode booting i cannot boot from my external Plextor DVD Writer.

If anyone could please solve my problem without having to resort to the CD based Tiger i would be very grateful.

Peace,

Shadow

 

[jeremy.king]

Insert CD/DVD and restart the machine. Then hold down option after the startup chime, select the CD/DVD as the startup disk.

 

[cubist]

Or, just stick in the disk, see it on the desktop, doubleclick on the install mac os x icon. That's what I did... put in a lite-on dvd-rom ($25 from new egg) yesterday and installed it on my Sawtooth.

 

[shadowmoses]

Cool guys thanks, holding down the option key worked now im all booted up typing this in Tiger and i have to say its absolutly amazing my Yikes runs like a dream way better than it was with 10.3,

PeaCE