Re: OS X upgrade for Lombard

2005-05-09 Thread Herbert Goodfriend
Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote:
Now that Tiger is out I'm about ready to upgrade my Lombard to Panther.
 Does it matter which version of 10.3 I get?
 Is Panther available on CDs or is it DVD only?
(the Lombard has a DVD drive but I might want to try upgrading my Mom's
Wallstreet which only has a CD)
 Doe the Panther CD's include OS 9 classic or should I hang onto my OS
9 CD?

Andrew,
1. Don't install 10.3.5-10.3.7 without updating to 10.3.8 if you are 
using a dialup Internet connection. As I have heard of no problems 
with 10.3.8 or 10.3.9, and as they include a number of security 
patches, you should update anyway. Yes, the downloading can be a pain 
if you don't have access to a high speed connection (I go to the 
Apple Store).

Versions 10.3.5-10.3.7 had a modem bug that would cause delays in 
getting dial tone and eventual kernel panic, which necessitated a 
restart. After restart, the modem worked well maybe six times before 
the delays would start.

2. Panther is available on CDs.
3. Panther retail CDs include OS 9. Well, at least the ones that I 
have do include OS 9.

Herb Goodfriend
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Re: OS X upgrade for Lombard

2005-05-09 Thread Nick Marshall
On Mon, 9 May 2005, Herbert Goodfriend wrote:

 Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote:
 Now that Tiger is out I'm about ready to upgrade my Lombard to Panther.
 
   Does it matter which version of 10.3 I get?
 
   Is Panther available on CDs or is it DVD only?
 (the Lombard has a DVD drive but I might want to try upgrading my Mom's
 Wallstreet which only has a CD)
 
   Doe the Panther CD's include OS 9 classic or should I hang onto my OS
 9 CD?


 Andrew,

 1. Don't install 10.3.5-10.3.7 without updating to 10.3.8 if you are
 using a dialup Internet connection. As I have heard of no problems
 with 10.3.8 or 10.3.9, and as they include a number of security
 patches, you should update anyway. Yes, the downloading can be a pain
 if you don't have access to a high speed connection (I go to the
 Apple Store).

 Versions 10.3.5-10.3.7 had a modem bug that would cause delays in
 getting dial tone and eventual kernel panic, which necessitated a
 restart. After restart, the modem worked well maybe six times before
 the delays would start.

This got me.  My cds had 10.3.5 on them.  I got them just around the time
10.3.7 came out.  It was a frustrating 1st month or so until 10.3.8 came out
and fixed the modem issue.  It would dial normally around 5x, then take
multiple attempts, then around the 12-15th time it would kernel panic.  Make
sure you can get 10.3.8/9 installed when you do the Panther install.


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OS X upgrade for Lombard

2005-05-08 Thread Andrew in Ann Arbor
Now that Tiger is out I'm about ready to upgrade my Lombard to Panther.
Does it matter which version of 10.3 I get?
Is Panther available on CDs or is it DVD only?
(the Lombard has a DVD drive but I might want to try upgrading my Mom's 
Wallstreet which only has a CD)

Doe the Panther CD's include OS 9 classic or should I hang onto my OS 
9 CD?

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