nate256 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 So my friend got this old Power Mac from work, but it is password protect with firevault and the company does not want to give the password back out because of information that might be on the computer. So i am going to reinstall Tiger on it. I would like to know, if any ATA HDD will work or must it be special. I have a spare 60 gig ATA HDD and would want to know it the install would work on it? Can tiger be reinstalled with Firevault on it already? Also can you buy a wireless card the would work in it? but I really just want Tiger back on. Oh and no this computer wasn't stolen Thank you for your help! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104268-need-help-reinstalling-tiger/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzie's Soliloquy Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Any ATA HDD should work in theory, just make sure it's connected right Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104268-need-help-reinstalling-tiger/#findComment-745289 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AldousHxlE Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 As the above poster mentioned, any IDE hard drive will be fine. As for wireless, you can either find an old crappy 802.11b Airport card for around $100, or if you have any open PCI slots on your PowerMac, get yourself a Sonnet Aria Extreme Wireless card. It uses the same chipset as the Airport Extreme wireless cards, meaning its plug and play compatible with OS X 10.4. You can usually find these on Amazon or eBay for around $80, or you can buy it directly from Sonnet: http://www.sonnettech.com/product/aria_pci.html Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104268-need-help-reinstalling-tiger/#findComment-746824 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Or ebay a USB wireless dongle for a lot less. I've purchased two different ones (lost the first) and they both worked, although the first one would drop out because it overheated when I was downloading :pirate2: stuff using it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104268-need-help-reinstalling-tiger/#findComment-746916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate256 Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 How do i boot off the install dvd? and how many disks is it? i have like 5 or 6!!! is the first disk the one I use? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104268-need-help-reinstalling-tiger/#findComment-749151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 To get it to boot from the cd/dvd you need to press c and boot from the cd/dvd/ And yes you start with the first cd and it instructs you to inset the rest throughout the installation. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104268-need-help-reinstalling-tiger/#findComment-749178 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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