Colin Hoogeboom wrote:
> Venerable Listers,
>
> I have a problem on my 8500 (G4-350/240MB/8.6). I have a couple of
> partitions set up on my HD, one of which has 8.6 installed. I am trying to
> install 8.6 on a different partition as a test before I drop in a new,
> larger HD.
<snip>
> Can anyone offer any reasons, suggestions, work-arounds, etc. to get the
> full 8.6 install to work would be helpful. At this point, even a few smart
> a$$ comments might lighten my frame of mind about this. ;-)
Colin,
What comes to mind is that it could be the G4 upgrade. I believe that I've read
this a couple of times in the past.
Solution was to take out the upgrade, install the OS, than put it back in and
install the needed inits for your G4 upgrade.
Also you say:
>Every installation except the Core 8.6 hangs while the popup
>indicates "installing OS 8.6" (i.e., after it does the check of the
>partition.)
Usually the disk drivers will be updated after that check. Did you format and
partition your HD with Apple's Drive Setup or a third-party app? If third-party,
it could be that that is your problem. If so, try turning off 'Update disk
drivers' and update the HD with an updated version of that third-party app.
Just some thoughts...
Marc
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