I have acquired an ibook G 4(late 2004). It did not come with the start up disk (OSX 10.3 Panther). This is the first time I have tied to use a Mac.
I tried several times to boot. Finally it booted to the desk top. The HD was full (30 MB).
I sent several .JPG files to the waste basket , but I could not empty it. I did not have permissions.
I went to the osx website to see if others had this problem. I tried several times to get into the single user mode and create a new password. no luck, but I did manage to get into setup. It would boot to a language screen. After I selected English it would go to several
Other screens and lockup. I suspected the full drive was defective so I used the apple - s combo to check the hard drive. It reported OK.
Tried again to change user name but no luck. Reset everything to try to get to desktop but when I reboot I get the blue screen after I get the gray screen..
My question is. Is there any way to get access to the HD by using firmware so I can remove files from it. Or can I get I get access using another mac( Remember OSX does not load.)? If so how.
Herb
I tried several times to boot. Finally it booted to the desk top. The HD was full (30 MB).
I sent several .JPG files to the waste basket , but I could not empty it. I did not have permissions.
I went to the osx website to see if others had this problem. I tried several times to get into the single user mode and create a new password. no luck, but I did manage to get into setup. It would boot to a language screen. After I selected English it would go to several
Other screens and lockup. I suspected the full drive was defective so I used the apple - s combo to check the hard drive. It reported OK.
Tried again to change user name but no luck. Reset everything to try to get to desktop but when I reboot I get the blue screen after I get the gray screen..
My question is. Is there any way to get access to the HD by using firmware so I can remove files from it. Or can I get I get access using another mac( Remember OSX does not load.)? If so how.
Herb