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#Open firmware usb boot how to#
#Open firmware usb boot for mac#
#Open firmware usb boot install#
#Open firmware usb boot upgrade#

Type " boot This is the device part you got in the last step after typing " pwd" with " :,\\:tbxi" added to the end.

You should see something that looks like " You will use this in the next step.

Type " dev and hit return, and then " pwd" and hit return again.

If you get here and you haven't seen something like " then you're likely screwed, sorry.

If you see something like " continue, else go to the previous step and use " usb1" instead.

Type " dev usb0" at the little ">" prompt and hit return.

Type " boot ud:,\\:tbxi" and if you're lucky, it will start booting from your USB device.

Once you see the screen go white with some text on it, you can release the keys in the previous step.

Scary looking if your not a computer type person. This will take you into the OpenFirmware.

Power on your iBook and hold down Command+Option+O+F.

Plug in the USB device where you have copied your bootable system to (I do not cover this part since it's well covered already, google is your friend).

So here's the quick tip for the rest of you out there (hopefully Google will eventually pull this up in page ranks so it gets hit first and saves people time). So I had to dig into my OpenFirmware roots and do it the old fashion way. The system itself doesn't directly support it (holding down option during power-on doesn't show it either). However, none of the nonsense I found on the Internet could give me proper instructions. I have the Leopard ISO, but none of my DVD drives will burn Dual Layer, so I needed to use the USB route.

#Open firmware usb boot how to#

type:īoot ud:,\\:tbxi - This will start to boot from USB.So I spent the better half of the night trying to figure out how to make my iBook G4 boot from a USB stick. Once you find ud with your Leopard or Tiger disk in the drive. Next type "devalias" and search for "ud".

Hold down OPT+COMMAND+O+F to get into Open Firmware. You also have USB on the OWC External which you ordered.

and this is what your would find in order to boot the PowerPC using USB. 4TB wouldn't work as you would have to partition it.ĭevalias also called: device alias - shows what hardware devices are on your logic board. I believe the Apple Partition Map can only accept up to 3TB. 2.7TB sounds like the norm as some space is reserved for the operating system, so no problem there.

#Open firmware usb boot for mac#

Remember, these drives come pre-formatted for PC's, so you need to format it for Mac using PowerPC's APM partition scheme. As for the 3TB Barracuda, did you format the drive in Disk Utility as Apple Partition or APM? You got the 100.00 OWC external which is nice also. Thats a shame, man! That superdrive is a great little drive for what I use it for and its fast, boots up Tiger and Leopard in no time. Now I want to try what you suggest, except I don't know how to 1 or 2 or check for 3.

#Open firmware usb boot install#

But I'm trying to install their software!!! And if I can't, then I have to return Leopard! No sale.Īnyway, rant over. That just means Apple doesn't make one, so you don't care.

#Open firmware usb boot upgrade#

Really?!! You don't know one single dual layer optical drive upgrade that will work in a G5?!! Bullcrap. I tried anyway and I saw the big black X and folder, but when I restarted it to load it, the same thing came up again and again: "restart to load" Now I'm looking for an internal DL optical drive that will read this Leopard disk and even Mac tech people at the store threw their hands up. Hi, I have a dual 2.0 and I'm trying to install Leopard from Tiger 10.4.11, but my optical "doesn't read it." I went to Best Buy and got this LG USB op drive ( BRW/CD-RW+Drive/5584219.p?id=1218666587572&skuId=5584219), but it says it needs 10.5.4 or higher to run it: a catch 22, as I need it to install Leopard, which I need in order to run the drive to install Leopard, ad infinitum.