OSX restore - help

[Grant Lenahan]

I'm nto sure why you get the kernel panic booting from the OSX CD, but it
may be looking for a valid volumeto install OSX to...  never been there.

Have you tried booting from your OS9 CD?  If that works, you can then use
drive setup to format the disk, and then re-sinatll or "restore" whatever
you want.

Grant
> Hello all,
>
> I don't know much about macs, but I have one here (Powerbook G4) and a
couple
> of months ago threw YellowDog on it, then never did much with it.
>
> But now I have to put OSX back on, and I'm screwed. I tried to boot with
the
> Software Restore CD, but that just comes up and tells me to pick a disk to
> restore to and my only options are 'Restore Image' and the CDROM.
>
> I tried to boot with the OSX installation CD, but then I get a kernel
panic.
>
> All I want to do is get OSX and all the software that was on there as it
came
> in the box from the Apple Fun Factory.
>
> Could somebody please tell me what to do? Thanks so much!