I've already tried removing the PCI cards. And, as stated, I tried the install without the Radeon. The install still failed. Same thing: sleeping monitor, dead system. Of course, removing the X disc at that point causes the computer to start up in OS 9. Thanx, anyhow.
-Antonio On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 10:20PM, Robyn J. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Step one, get rid of half those PCI card you have. You can install them >later after you have the system running. > >Do a search in the archives for some information on the Radeon 7000. >You have to do a few special things in order to get that one to work. >Also, try removing the DVD drive. It may be causing problems. > >As a friendly suggestion, GET MORE RAM! OSX isn't going to be very >happy with less than 256MB. It'll be almost unusable if you need to run >Classic mode. Check out OWC <www.macsales.com> they usually sell 128MB >sticks for around $25USD. I've always been pleased with them. > >-Robyn > >On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 09:32 PM, Antonio Malcolm wrote: > >> I am trying to install 10.2 on my modded (read "tricked out") Umax >> S900. Here is my problem. >> >> The Sonnet OS X install software does its thing, then, when the >> machine restarts, my screen goes to sleep, and nothing else happens. >> It never wakes up, and I can't figure out if anything is going on at >> all. I have even tried using the stock vid card that came with the >> machine. I am using an Apple OEM 24x SCSI CD ROM. I actually have >> copied the entire OS X partition from my PowerBook G3 onto a partition >> on my S900's 60gig drive. If there are any files that can be added to >> the file system to make the partition bootable, lemme know. Such would >> be an excellent workaround to the fresh install problem. Either way, >> please help me out. Thanx. My machine specs are as follows: >> >> Umax S900 >> 144mb of RAM >> Apple OEM 24x SCSI2 CD ROM >> LG 32x10x40x16DVD IDE Combo Drive >> Sonnet Crescendo 800mhz G4 with 1mb of L3 cache >> Sonnet Tempo ATA 133 IDE card >> 60 GB IDE hard drive (broken into 3 partitions; one with 9.1, one >> blank for 10.x, the last for software and stuff) >> stock 2GB SCSI2 hard drive (blank, used for backup and virtual memory >> file swap) >> ATI Radeon 7000 video card >> Sonnet Tango USB/Firewire card >> Formac ProTV/Stereo tuner card > > >-- >Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > >Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> > --> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > >Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > > > -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
