mudmanc4 Posted November 12, 2007 CID Share Posted November 12, 2007 I know there is few Apple users here, yet never hurts to ask. I own an ibook that has given me much love, other than the fact she will not run an Apple OS. The machine will run any Linux distro, including Ubuntu. I installed Tiger, and I get the " you must shut down your computer " splash. tried several things including a new HDD. I then installed Leopard, same thing. The only thing I can think of, is an internal memory issue. The box contains 512 MB. I know there is a way to " shut off " certain areas of memory but they will be re- activated the next boot, so it would be useless. Any ideas will be entertained , thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted November 13, 2007 CID Share Posted November 13, 2007 If there was a memory problem it would tell you. Are you able to do a fresh install of tiger and get that working? I think there was a update for the iBook that came out that fixed a few thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr0stbound Posted November 13, 2007 CID Share Posted November 13, 2007 hmm, i thought the iBook was made specially for Apple OS.looks like i was wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted November 13, 2007 CID Share Posted November 13, 2007 hmm, i thought the iBook was made specially for Apple OS.looks like i was wrong. there is many Power PC linux distros available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr0stbound Posted November 13, 2007 CID Share Posted November 13, 2007 i know that sir. what surprised me is that there are iBooks that won't run Apple OS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted November 13, 2007 CID Share Posted November 13, 2007 i know that sir. what surprised me is that there are iBooks that won't run Apple OS. i know. i had said more to try and find out why, but for some reason 1/2 my post is gone, and i don't remember what i had said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted November 15, 2007 Author CID Share Posted November 15, 2007 I don't have the Tiger OS, but I do have Leopard. I have the requirements for Leopard as well. As to my thoughts of a memory issue, I get the " error " message at the top of the boot screen , no matter the OS. From my knowledge, when the error comes up saying I need to reboot, this is a Kernel Panic, now the question is, what is the culprit, and why does the issue not adversely effect the performance of a non apple OS. Would it be worth the money to invest in " Tech tools " ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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