10.5.1 works fine on my MacBook, trashed my G5's Internet access.

I've now installed via download the 10.5.1 update on both my Laptop and my G5 tower. I had no problems with the MacBook laptop, but when I did the "restart" required on the G5 after downloading, in the subsequent "install" phase, the program announced "The system upgrade cannot be installed on this system." So it proceeded to restart, presumably under the previous system, 10.5.0? However, as it was starting up, another announcement, this time "ppp extension missing," which I think is vital to accessing my DSL server through PPoE. And after booting, the "about this Mac" query indicates "System 10.5.1" is operative, though I really don't think it is. So now, the only thing I can think of doing is reloading 10.5.0, and I hope that will get me back on-line again, but am I forever doomed to no further upgrades for my G5? Any thoughts, anyone? Seems like a buggy update, from here.

My problems got worse, a kernel panic ensued, and I wound up taking the machine to Sheldon, a genius at the Apple store in Burlingame. He told me that I probably had had too little disk space available for installing the upgrade, hence my difficulties. We reloaded the system there in the store, and I was later able to successfully install the upgrade, AND get my internet connection working. All is well? (I think)

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