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    Powerbook G3 pismo install issue.

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by ares93, Aug 28, 2010.

  1. ares93

    ares93 Notebook Evangelist

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    i got my hands on a pismo (400/1mb/128mb/120gb) the other day. i got it with a dead harddrive so i put in a 120gb i had lying around. thing is it wont boot. all i get is the folder with the question mark, which is fine since it doesnt have an os but when i try to install linux xubuntu PPC (since i dont have osx) it boots into Open firmware. problem is when i enter mac+boot as i'm supposed to i simply get an error "default catch" something.

    i havent worked with any powerpc macs before so its probably something easy as hell but i'm at a loss here. any ideas?

    RGDS
    Johnny
     
    ares93, Aug 28, 2010
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    ares93 Notebook Evangelist

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    forget it. managed to barrow a 10.4 disc from my neighbor. mac+linux=headache
     
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