Panic Kernel: Unable To Find Driver - "powermac8,2"

dmonaldo

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Hi everyone,

I have a iMac G5 (PowerPC) which shipped with MacOSX 10.4 "Tiger". It is currently upgraded to MacOSX 10.5.8 "Leopard". I am trying to reset it to factory settings, but did not have the OS discs that came with the machine.

I bought MacOSX install discs that have 10.4 "Tiger". When I run install disc 1, I am presented with the below error.

panic(cpu 0 caller 0x002E54BC): Unable to find driver for this platform: "PowerMac8,2".

Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Bactrace:
0x0009A4A4 0x0009AE60 0x00027E48 0x002E54BC 0x002BEEF4 0x002C004C 0x002C1EC8 0x002C0FDC
0x000AE4F4
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x01012280)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unkown)

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.5: Mon Dec 11 19:42:29 PST 2006; root:xnu-792.16.5.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC

No debugger configured - dumping debug information
MSR=00001030
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Bactrace:
0x0009A4A4 0x0009AE60 0x00027E48 0x002E54BC 0x002BEEF4 0x002C004C 0x002C1EC8 0x002C0FDC
0x000AE4F4
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x01012280)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unkown)


Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.5: Mon Dec 11 19:42:29 PST 2006; root:xnu-792.16.5.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic: We are hanging here...

I have read that this often occurs when the machine has been upgraded to Leopard. Other than that, there is really not that much information about this error.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
 
Are those disks all grey, or do they have a large X on them? The grey ones are machine specific, and wouldn't work for you.
 
The disc is all grey. See attached.

So I need a disc with a large X on it? Could you please point me in the right direction?
 

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