OSX Tiger disk freezes machine, stuck in CD drive
I tried to update a single partition of my G4 800 to Tiger. When I inserted the Tiger disk, it said "restart to begin installation". I hit "OK", then got the spinning wheel of death for an hour on restart. The disk won't eject. I can either start the machine with the deathwheel, or shut it off with the disk still in the drive.
Where should I start?
Where should I start?
Comments
If it is you can hard shutdown and then restart holding down either the mouse or eject ket if you have and extended keyboard and this will make the CD eject.
1. maching model
2. current boot rom version
with these two I could tell you if your mac firmware needs to be updates or not for a tiger install.
The Machine Model is: Power Mac G4 (version 2.1)
Boot ROM info reads: 4.3.3f2
Hope this means something to somebody!
Which model CD/DVD drive do you have?
Also 10.4 should install without any problems on your mac. Apart from the CD/DVD getting stuck.
Can you let me know what happens with the drive before the CD/DVD gets stuck as it may help find a solution for you.