mac osx on G5 installation help

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Wondering if someone can point me in the right direction...I am a complete Mac novice and I have a G5 with a blank hard drive and a copy of osx tiger. I have tried to boot from the disc by pressing 'c' but all I get is a screen with the apple in the middle but nothing else happens. Coming from a PC background I seem to be a bit out of my depth and this Mac is starting to stress me out..
Would appreciate any input...thanx
 
Right after the startup chime, you have to keep the C key held down until booted from the disc. You can't just press it and let go...you have to hold it down.

Is this an actual retail version of Tiger? If not, that's where the problem might lie.
 
Thanx for that I will give it a go..as for the disc a buddy of mine just game me a dvd copy along with an original copy of emac osx???....but like I said my background is PC's I have no idea what I am suppose to be doing with mac. the unit came at such a good price i had to buy it but with the stress its givin its on its way to ebay...lol
 
as for the disc a buddy of mine just game me a dvd copy along with an original copy of emac osx???..
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You're going to need the original software discs that came with the machine, or a retail version of Tiger.
 
I have to second bobw's suggestion. As I mentioned to another poster on another thread, the gray discs from another Mac won't always work on different Macs. It's like using a Dell-supplied version of Windows XP and trying to install it on another Dell. It might work, but then again it might not.

Aside from that, it's also illegal (as I'm sure you know). While a retail version of Tiger isn't necessarily as cheap as its previous versions, it's most definitely NOT as expensive as a full-version copy of Windows. :confused:
 
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