Can anybody tell me the best way to image the Ibook G4?? I tried taking it apart to remove the hard drive but it is nearly impossible, so I thought I would just use a boot disk. I can't get that to work..I've tried using raptor and I can't get it to boot into Raptor. Any suggestions?
(TDM) Target disk mode should work on a G4
Sometimes the lens is dirty on the intern cd or dvd player on older computers/laptops, try an external dvd player or usbstick to boot raptor.
It has worked for me )
Thanks- the target disk mode worked…I guess I didn't press the T button hard enough the first time!!!
Thanks for the replies!
Yeah, I think the old G4 laptops were all assembled from the HDD out, where practically the last screw holds the HDD in place.
If you ARE interested in the tear-down of any Apple product then ifixit.com shows how to disassemble and reassemble items such as the iBook.
The big skill of a G4 is to put the drive back, reassemble the case, and then count the number of screws left on the bench.
The big skill of a G4 is to put the drive back, reassemble the case, and then count the number of screws left on the bench.
Amen to that! First time I did it I had 3 screws left over so I took it apart and put it back together again, found that I then had 5 screws left over.
That's when I started using iFixit as reference.
You can use
Drew