Okay, I'm a half-step from yanking some hardware into the shop, but
before I do...
I've got an oldish iMac, a slot-loading 400 MHz G3, that's currently
running 9.2.2. I *want* to install OS X on the thing, but I'm being
thwarted here, which is annoying.
The machine runs 9.2.2 just fine, and hardware diagnostics say it's
just fine. Upgraded the disk drivers to the latest version, and
zapped the heck out of the pram. It is, at least as far as I can
tell, all good.
Unfortunately I can't install OS X on the damn thing. Every time I
try, the installer crashes, hangs, or tells me to restart the
machine. I've tried a retail 10.1 install kit, retail 10.2 install
kit, and the 10.1 install from my iBook. No joy from any of them.
The freezes/crashes aren't consistent either. Sometimes it'll hang at
the grey apple screen (with the progress indicator spinning),
sometimes it'll crash with an error 139, 136, or 0, and sometimes it
gets to the blue startup screen and pops up a "you have to restart
your machine" screen (in three or four languages). I can't even do a
clean format and install--I can't get that far.
Short of "Something's busted, go get it fixed", can anyone think of
anything I can do to this beast that might get OS X installed on it?
--
Dan
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Dan Sugalski even samurai
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