Reinstalling OS X on a G5 with an nVidia 6800 Ultra
Jan 20, '05 09:00:00AM • Contributed by: Nimitz
I had a faulty internal SATA hard disk (thanks S.M.A.R.T. for alerting me on time!) in my G5, so I decided to add a second internal hard disk and install MacOS X 10.3 anew -- not choosing to use Carbon Copy Cloner because I wanted a 'clean' slate, and at the same time, copy some important data from the source disk. When I booted from the Install disc (Panther), I got the dreaded multilingual message stating I should restart the Mac. Even when I hooked up my trusted rescue 20GB Firewire hard disk, I got the same error!
Luckily, I remembered I had installed the nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra video card, so I decided to put the G5 in target disk mode (boot holding the T key down) and attach it to my portable with a Firewire cable. Install MacOS X 10.3 on the portable, but select the hard disk that resides in the G5 as the target. Don't forget to update this new Panther volume to 10.3.7, or upon booting the G5, it will still halt.
Of course, you could also fabricate your own "MacOS X 10.3.7" install disk, but this was faster.
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