All I had to do to install 10.4 server was swap my CD-ROM with a DVD-ROM, and put in 512MB of RAM. The DVD booted and installed fine. Is your firmware up to date on your B&W? That might have kept 10.4 from installing.
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Liam Proven<lpro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 2009/7/8 Chance Reecher <cnrtechh...@gmail.com>: >> >> I recently set up an old 350mhz B&W G3 tower as a Mac OS X server >> running 10.4.11. I've been having an issue with its ethernet >> connectivity. Out of the blue it completely drops it's network >> connection. I can't see it in Finder, and can't ping it with network >> utility. However, the link light on my network switch is still lit up, >> meaning the connection is still active. I can only access it again >> after a restart. It happens regardless of whether I use the built-in >> ethernet or a PCI ethernet card. Any idea what could be causing this, >> or how I can fix it? The firmware on it is up to date, as is 10.4 >> Server. >> Thanks, >> Chance R. > > I've just put OS X Server on my B&W, so I will let you know if I see > similar problems. > > How did you get it to install, though? I had to buy a G4 upgrade to > get the boot DVD to get past the 1st screen. > > > -- > Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven > Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com > Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 > AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven > MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 > > > > -- Chance Reecher 765-4609 491-2286 cnrtechh...@gmail.com AIM: cnrtechhead --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
