thanks...keep me informed...my problem is that it all installs, but on booting, never gets past the registration screen info
on 7/21/03 5:27 AM, Dana Collins at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Run, > Sure thing. > Here is what I posted to member David, who graciously acquiesced to assist > me: >> Hi David, >> Thanks for the response. >> I have a G3 B+W, doing a fresh install of 10.2, I've erased the HD and >> rebooted fine, ran the Disk Utility which says the HD is ok. What I'm >> wanting to do is just run OS X on this, so I didn't bother w/ the OS 9 >> drivers during the re-init. I've launche dthe installer without a >> hitch,made my OS selections (I've tried both customize, not choosing all the >> foreign language readers, and easy install). All performs fine; at the >> very end of the install process, where the window says "Processing OS X", >> the alloted time says "under a minute" and the blue status bar is almost >> complete, the procedure seems to just hang there. The color pinwheel >> spins and responds to mouse mvt. but the blue status bar loses its >> "breathing" (or pulsing) and remains solid. Here it will sit for a long time, >> a l-o-n-g time (I believe for days if I would let it). Once I interrupted >> this >> w/ a forced reboot-I notice my HD was successfully mounted, but it only had > >> about 600 mg of the OS on it. >> As partially mentioned above, re-initing the HD and then doing an easy >> install resulted (is currently resulting) in the same result. >> Any thoughts? > > David asked for some more basic input re: the machine which is a pretty > basic OEM G3, (350mhz, 512mg RAM which consists of 4x128 matched set of > PC-100 cards, successfully read when I first booted <none of the POST > warning sounds have come on>, 6.1gig ATA HD) with a Mac Radeon ATI video > card in place of the OEM 16-meg, and an Apple-ROMmed DVD 8x drive instead of > a regular CD-ROM. > > I have not yet done a Cuda or Power Button reset, and I added the additional > info. about the install process that I noticed that CD disk 2 was never > asked for. > > It was suggested that I zero out the hard drive as a standard precaution - > good idea that I usually do, but I see nowhere in the Disk Utility app (on > the "Jaguar" installer) that lets me make that selection. > > That brings everyone up to date: any and all advice appreciated. > Best regards, > Dana >> From: Illovox Media <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: G-List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 01:40:04 -0700 >> To: G-List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: OS X Install >> >> on 7/20/03 3:35 PM, Dana Collins at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> Greetings, all. >>> Could someone who is savvy with OS X install issues please reach me offlist? >>> I have some OS 10.2 install concerns on my B+W G3. >>> Thank you, >>> Dana -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
