OSX installation problem

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Fnordcorps

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Hi,
just tried reinstalling OSX 10.4 on a 1ghz Powerbook G4, using the original install disc. Installation seemed to go fine (the mac was working fine before but I decided to partition the drive with a fresh install).

On completion it restarted then straight away spat out the cd and gave me the grey screen with a flashing logo + question mark.

Now I cannot get past the flashing folder screen. No boot up key commands seem to work now and the disc will not stay in the drive. The only start up key command I can get working is (OPTION), this takes me to the greyish screen with a forward arrow and what looks like a reload arrow. None of these do anything and again spits out CD.

I have tried holding C on startup with disc in drive - spits it out

Any ideas anyone, thanks.
 
When you access the boot manager holding the option key, Does it see the optical disk or HD as boot options? If it at least sees the install disk click on the disk then select the -> to boot to it. Then you can go to disk utility to see if the HD is being recognized.
 
Hi, thanks for the reply, all I get is a right facing arrow or a reload arrow. No boot options and no CD image, which I am familiar with but does not appear.

I have tried putting in the cd at this point as well and it spits it out again
 
Sounds like a bum optical drive fubar'd the install and has since quit reading disks altogether. If you have any other type of bootable installer disk try it or else try to clean the disk you were using as thoroughly as possible and make sure there aren't any bad scratches in the disk.
 
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