Well I took the big plung and tried to install 10.2 on my Umax S900. Things didn't go too well. I partitioned the 18gig HD (9gig for 10, I have 3 other"mini" hd, one running 9.1) put in the 10.2 CD and started XPF. Designated the CD to load 10 into the partition, it restarted and then I got the apple logo. That changed to a black screen with code running. There was alot of it but I noted some and some in particular seemed to repeat. (I'm on another computer now). Here is some of what it was writing:
can't get dependencies for kernal extension "oldworld support. patchedIOSCSICD Drive"
load kernel_extension():Can't get dependencdies for kernel extension" old world.support.Patch SCSI Device Type 05"
Sam Multimedia: Read or Write failed, ASC=0X04,ASCQ=OXO1 (This it repeated about 10 times)
Still waiting for root device (This was repeating every couple of minutes, nothing else was happening)
To get back to Mac OS 9, try booting with the option key held down. That should do it.
Most of what you describe is normal, except for the repeated "SAM multimedia" errors (well, and the "still waiting for root device" error). It's normal to get one SAM multimedia error, but not that many.
One possibility is that your CD-ROM drive is not supported in Mac OS X. Are you using the original CD-ROM or an upgrade?
The other possibility (assuming you have a SCSI CD-ROM drive) would be some problem with your SCSI cable or SCSI termination. (Mac OS X is pickier about termination issues than Mac OS 9 is).
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