> > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Maretta Holden > <maret...@qwest.net> wrote: > > At 2:03 PM -0800 12/10/2008, JimInStuttgart wrote: > >Hello all, I wonder if anyone has encountered this problem: When I > >attempt to upgrade from 10.3.9 to 10.4, the auto-check program tells > >me "System 10.4 cannot be installed on this computer." No further > >reason given. > > Perhaps the disks you purchased were Mac model-specific rather than > generic.
If you look at your OSInstall.dist file, you can eventually discover what machines your discs were "designed for". On the Installation CD Disk 1, after changing the View to Columns, navigate as follows: System > Installation > Packages and Right Click on OSInstall.mpkg while holding down option, and choose "Show Package Contents". Change to View Columns then Select and drag OSInstall.dist to your Desktop. On the Desktop Copy, change the dist suffix to txt, and open the resulting file with TextEdit. Then study the code and see what machines are covered by your CDs. This is some of the code from an eMac set I bought off the LEM List: var badMachines = ['iMac','PowerBook1,1','PowerBook2,1', 'AAPL,Gossamer', 'AAPL,PowerBook1998', 'AAPL,PowerBook1999']; and later in the code: var hwbeSupportedMachines = ['PowerMac4,4', 'PowerMac6,4']; Things like that are of interest. I eventually made a CD1 for myself, and used it to install onto a supported machine (my Quicksilver), then CCCd it to other machines (my PowerMac 8500). After that exercise, someone gave me a 10.4.6 Installation DVD with a computer purchase and all the above became, well, a technobabble exercise. Maybe someone can help with the details ... I don't think I'm allowed to here ... Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
