I had 10.2.2 on a Lombard, and then when I try to upgrade it to 10.2.4, it had 
problems booting.    I think that 10.2.2 might be the best bet for older Powerbooks.

J.



> 
> From: Byron Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2003/06/28 Sat PM 12:11:18 EDT
> To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: PowerBook G3 Series & Mac OS 10.2.6 Brightness problem
> 
> All right, Jay here's one for you to ponder. I am trying to install OS X
> 10.2 on my WallStreet. The installation gets 2/3 of the way through and then
> the screen either goes dark or becomes light with no other image or has
> multicolored lines running down the middle and I am forced to restart with
> the three finger salute. This PB has had OS X 10.2.6 on it before but I
> reformatted and went back to OS 9. What is the deal???
> 
> Byron
> 
> on 6/28/03 6:19 AM, Jay Snyder at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> > This is a quirk with OSX on the wallstreet, and your PRAM battery is also
> > probably bad.
> > 
> > Boot into OS9 (8 might work too), then boot into OSX, and that should fix it
> > until you powerdown again.
> > 
> > If it isn't remembering the date & time, and also has trouble with powerup
> > from battery, then your PRAM battery is probably bad.
> > 
> > J
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >> 
> >> From: Jean-Philippe Pellet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> Date: 2003/06/28 Sat AM 05:32:54 EDT
> >> To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> Subject: PowerBook G3 Series & Mac OS 10.2.6 Brightness problem
> >> 
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> I recently acquired for $200 a PowerBook G3 Series (Rev. I) and I
> >> decided to install Jaguar on it. 10.2.0 ran fine, but after I upgraded
> >> it to 10.2.6 with the combo updater, I began having the following
> >> problem: when I startup the Mac, the screen brightness is OK as long as
> >> I can see the spinning 'cursor' with the Apple logo. Then, when the
> >> startup progress bar appears, the screen turns to black until the
> >> startup process is finished, and only when it is finished do I get a
> >> chance to turn the brightness on again using the brightness buttons
> >> (one press on the button is enough to turn brightness completely on
> >> back again).
> >> 
> >> Do you know what could be causing that problem?
> >> 
> >> TIA,
> >> JPP
> 
> 
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