[UniMacTech] iMac G5 wont't boot from install discs?

[Danielle Pullin]

Hi all,

Just out of curiosity I¹m wondering if anyone knows of a database that lists
which discs are appropriate for which hardware?

Our department over the years has collected quite a few install discs and
hardware tests, but they aren¹t always labelled.

The only real information they have on them is the year (sometimes) and the
model (eg iMacG5) - but I¹ve found that this disk won¹t work for every 2005
iMac I¹ve encountered.

There is a disc number eg: 2Z691-5310-A and I thought maybe this corresponds
to a particular hardware somehow?

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

cheers

Danielle

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Danielle Pullin, dpullin at unimelb.edu.au
IT Officer, Ph. 8344 0893
School of Population Health
University of Melbourne, http://www.unimelb.edu.au



On 6/03/08 10:48 AM, "Anthony Foxcroft" <a.foxcroft at qut.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi Daryl
> 
> Make sure that you are using the exact same install disks that came with the
> machine. They sometimes have a small difference to a similar boot disk of
> another machine.
> If you get a ³kernel panic² screen when trying to boot or install, then you
> are trying to boot from an incorrect disk.
> 
> Sorry, hope this not trying to ³teach grandma how to suck eggs...²
> 
> Anthony
> 
> 
> On 6/3/08 9:01 AM, "Darryl Cram" <darryl.cram at anu.edu.au> transcribed:
> 
>> Hi,
>> Anyone come across an iMac that won't boot from the original install disks.
>> It will boot from the Leopard install DVD but I can't roll it back to Tiger.
>> 
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>> Australian National University
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