Strange. I used XPostFacto 3 and did an upgrade from Jaguar to Panther on my S900 and it worked just fine.
--- "Eric A. Ladner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > An addition to my earlier message: I had forgotten > until I read > Will's comments, that I was only able to > successfully install Panther > onto a blank, newly formatted drive. FWIW... > > -Eric > > At 3:07 PM -0800 12/9/04, Will S wrote: > >>From: BigMomma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 16:33:44 -0500 > >> > >>Hi All. > >>Will Panther work on our S900? If so, can I > install it right over > >>Jaguar? Anyone have any luck with it? It has a few > features I > >>wouldn't mind trying but maybe I am asking too > much from the > >>machine. > >> Thanks again. > >> Jacqueline > > > >I installed Panther as soon as it was available on > my Umax. There > >were some issues with the original version. They > were pretty much > >worked out by 10.3.3 or maybe it was 10.3.4 . I > found my self going > >back to Jaguar a lot until those issues were taken > care of. Now you > >can install 10.3 from the CD and then go right to > 10.3.6 using the > >10.3.6 combo update. SCIS hard drives don't always > work well with > >the original 10.3 CD version for installing and off > and on booting > >issues once installed. This was a well known issue > and was also true > >for new machines that people had installed SCSI > drives in. This > >issue wasn't a problem for me as I went with ide/ > ATA drives years > >ago. In any case updates have fixed this but it can > still be > >difficult to install from the original 10.3 Cd's on > SCSI. > >Once the issues were fixed with updates I've been > very happy with > >Panther. I've been using full time since last Feb > 04 with few > >problems. I run Disk Warrior at the first sign of > odd problems and > >that seems to take care of things. There are a lot > of small changes > >from Jaguar that aren't always noticeable at first > . Takes a bit of > >getting used to but now I find I no longer want to > use Jaguar. So > >just like OS 9.x it is now history for me. Panther > is faster feeling > >and tests seem to agree with that. > >I would not install Panther over Jaguar. I'd start > with a clean > >slate. I installed on another partition. So I have > the use of > >Jaguar, OS 9.2.2 and Panther. Best of luck and if > you have questions > >I'll try to help. Will S > > -- > SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | > Refurbished Drives | > Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > SuperMacs list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
