![]() ![]() If you have a second PowerPC system and have a FireWire cable (400 version) to connect to the other system, you could boot your iBook in Target Mode and then use your other Mac (running Leopard) to install the OS onto your iBook. A newer Intel based system can't setup the disk correctly for your PowerPC system and it will not copy the correct library files as they are different between the different CPU chip architecture (PowerPC & Intel). The problem you will face here in creating a book disk is the iBook has a PowerPC processor and you will need a PowerPC based system to setup the CD/DVD disk. From everyMac: Configured with a slot-loading 8X/24X/16X/24X DVD-ROM/CD-RW "Combo" drive. Or you will need to buy a retail version of Leopard just make sure you get the copy with CD not DVD as your optical drive will not support the newer dual layer disks. If they can't supply it (Apple technically doesn't support this model any more) see if they can at least give you the part number so you can try to find one online. You may want to give Apple support a call and see if you can still buy the required recovery disk for your iBook system. Your iBook should have an internal drive which may work if you set up the disk correctly and use the correct media. You can't take a gray Snow Leopard DVD set that came with an iMac and boot a MacBook with them, for example.As Steve stated you can't install via an external USB optical drive. These are gray in color, and they come with every Mac purchase, and are specific to the Mac that they shipped with. How was this "Snow Leopard DMG" made, and from exactly what kind of Snow Leopard disk? Macs, in general, will not boot from OS X install DVDs that:ġ) are of an older version than what originally shipped on the computer - so if a MacBook shipped with 10.6.3 and you're trying to boot it from a retail OS X DVD that is version 10.6.0, it won't work.Ģ) are from a different computer. What kind of device are you trying to boot this computer from? The folder with a "?" indicates no bootable partitions were found on the hard drive (and any connected drives). You have an old MacBook that doesn't boot. ![]() ![]() Are you trying to boot from the emergency Lion partition on the computer? Or are you trying to boot from some kind of USB key? If so, what version of OS X are you using to try and boot it? You have a MacBook Pro that is having a problem with some kind of "restore failure." Please explain how, exactly, you're trying to "restore" this computer and why. Can you word this differently and explain what you're trying to do with each computer? ![]()
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