Error During Snow Leopard Installation

Last night I tried to install Snow Leopard on my iMac (Early 2006). Since I already had Leopard installed (and up-to-date), I purchased the upgrade disk and was using that for the install.
I inserted the disk and followed the onscreen instructions. After the computer did its thing, a message was displayed telling me that an error had occurred during installation. It also said that the contents of hard drive could not be changed.
I attempted to reboot with 10.5.8 by first using the start-up feature of Disk Utilities, but I was brought back to the installation screen for 10.6. I also tried holding down the option key during boot-up, but after a minute or two of the grey screen with the spinning wheel the computer just shuts down.
I'm a school teacher and I desparately need my computer to prepare stuff for tomorrow. Any help you can give me is extremely appreciated.

It sounds like your install disk has not been ejected. Try starting up without using the option key (i.e., starting up normally).

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I am dealing with 4 PCs at home – an IMac, a MacBookPro, a Dell Dimension and a Dell Precision Workstation. Before I installed Snow Leopard I could connect easily from my Macs to my PC via “Connect with Server” and the “sudo pico /etc/hosts” hint to rename my Windows-PC to real names (e.g. Dimension and Precision). After the installation I am prompted in OS X to give my account name and password again! And, of course, I don’t work anymore (wrong user name or password error). Because I put those information in long ago, I am not quite sure if I am putting the wrong Name/Password info in or if something happened during the Snow Leopard installation. I was never quite sure if “Name” meant the name of my Windows account I want to log into, or my Mac user name or a combination of both or the Server /Name thing, e.g. Dimension\Name. Just for info: My Windows-PCs can still connect without a problem to both Macs.
Any help is appreciated what information exactly to put in that **** Name/Password box that appears if I want to connect to a Windows-PC from my Mac. Or what else could have happened during the Snow Leopard installation that cut of the former available ability to connect to my Windows-PC from OS X.

I was able to see the other Windows XP computer and begin to connect. I was then presented with a login screen. I tried using the usual user name and password - no luck. I then formatted the user name as as follows:
user name: computer name\user name
password: as normal
And it worked. Specifically in my case:
user: cwy-pln2152\administrator
password: planning
This is what worked for me your mileage may vary.

Mac OX Snow Leopard installation from DVD failed

I tried to install the new OS Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.3 (bought today) on my iMac. But is constantly failed (message: installation failed) and now it's in a loop where I can't get out. Because the only action there is is to try it again. What should I do?

What specific iMac model do you have? Does it meet these requirements?
Snow Leopard General requirements
Mac computer with an Intel processor
1GB of memory
5GB of available disk space
DVD drive for installation
Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.
Some features require Apple’s MobileMe service; fees and terms apply.
To shut down the computer press and hold in the Power button until the computer shuts off. When you restart the computer you can eject the DVD as follows:
Five ways to eject a stuck CD or DVD from the optical drive
Ejecting the stuck disc can usually be done in one of the following ways:
1. Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the left mouse button until the disc ejects.
2. Press the Eject button on your keyboard.
3. Click on the Eject button in the menubar.
4. Press COMMAND-E.
5. If none of the above work try this: Open the Terminal application in your Utilities folder. At the prompt enter or paste the following:
/usr/bin/drutil eject
If this fails then try this:
Boot the computer into Single-user Mode. At the prompt enter the same command as used above. To restart the computer enter "reboot" at the prompt without quotes.
If you are currently running Leopard and it's still working then do this:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
If all is OK then reboot from your Snow Leopard DVD and try the installation again.
BTW, I encourage you to make a cloned backup of your current working system before trying to upgrade.

Snow Leopard Installation and Upgrade Tips

Disclaimer: Apple does not necessarily endorse any suggestions, solutions, or third-party software products that may be mentioned in the topic below. Apple encourages you to first seek a solution at Apple Support. The following links are provided as is, with no guarantee of the effectiveness or reliability of the information. Apple does not guarantee that these links will be maintained or functional at any given time. Use the information below at your own discretion.
Some things to know when planning to upgrade to Snow Leopard:
General Information
• Snow Leopard will only run on a Mac with an Intel processor. It will not run on any Mac with a PowerPC processor. PowerPC-based Macs include all PowerMac G3s, PowerMac G4s and PowerMac G5s, iMac G3s, iMac G4s, iMac G5s, all PowerBooks, all iBooks, and all eMacs. There is no workaround or hack that will get around this issue and get Snow Leopard to install and run on a PowerPC-based Mac.
• An Apple web page with the major enhancements and refinements in Snow Leopard can be found here:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/refinements/enhancements-refinements.html
• An article with a useful summary about Snow Leopard and 64-bit computing can be found here:
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090826074252596
Tips
• IMPORTANT: As with any upgrade, you need to confirm compatibility of all your applications and drivers with Snow Leopard before you upgrade. Some major items of note:
Snow Leopard only ships with Java 1.6, so any applications built with Java must include support for 1.6 or the application will fail. Applications that currently use Java and are reported not to work include (but are by no means limited to) SPSS, ClamXav and Cyberduck.
Snow Leopard has severely restricted or in many cases eliminated the use of Input Managers, so applications that depended on those will fail. Logitech's mouse drivers appear to fall into this category.
Many applications that are or include menu bar components will fail if they depend on Unsanity's Menu Extra Enabler or the open-source Menu Cracker.
Apple has a list of software officially stated to be incompatible with Snow Leopard here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3258
There's also an ongoing compatibility list is being maintained here:
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
Reports on that site are unofficial but may be useful.
• Snow Leopard no longer includes AppleTalk, so you will no longer be able to use any AppleTalk-only printers or other devices.
• Safari by default will launch in 64-bit mode on those systems that support 64-bit processing (which includes all Macs with Intel Core 2 Duo or Xeon processor). If you have Safari plug-ins that are not working, quit Safari, Get Info on the Safari application, and select "Open in 32-bit mode" and relaunch Safari.
• QuickTime Player X has some ability to trim and convert media, but no longer includes many of the former options available in QuickTime Pro. QuickTime 7 Player is available as an optional installation for those who still need the additional Pro features. If you have QuickTime 7 Pro installed in Leopard and are upgrading, the Snow Leopard installer should install QuickTime 7 Player automatically and preserve your Pro key. Apple has made no mention of a Pro version of QuickTime X.
• The Snow Leopard installer reportedly removes the Script subfolders from /Library/Scripts/, so if you are upgrading Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, before performing the upgrade make a backup of the Address Book Scripts, Basics, Finder Scripts, Info Scripts, Internet Services, and Navigation Scripts subfolders and then copy them back to /Library/Scripts/ after installing the update.
This is the 1st version of this tip. It was submitted on August 28, 2009 by Dave Sawyer.
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As the computer froze during the Snow Leopard installation, it's possible that Snow Leopard wasn't installed correctly and Snow Leopard can't start, so you have to reinstall Snow Leopard. To do it, insert the Snow Leopard disc, hold the C key while your computer is starting and follow the steps to reinstall Snow Leopard. You won't lose anything you had saved

How can I create a disk image of snow leopard installer disk from my Imac which runs it?

how can I create a disk image of snow leopard installer disk from my Imac which runs it? It came without DVD installer, and I want to make a copy of it's OS installer but can't find out how.

You need to have the disc in order to create disk image of snow leopard installer disc. What did your machine ship with? If something later than SL, then why? If earlier, then you can buy the SL installer disc and make the disk image.

Snow Leopard installation on Mac Mini has failed

Hi,
Does anyone know whether Snow Leopard checks what hard disk is installed in order to satisfy installation requirements as I've fitted an SSD Hard Disk Drive in my Macintel Mac Mini and installing Snow Leopard has failed (no longer boots into any Operating System previous nor upgraded. (Mac OS X 10.5.8 previously installed)).
Thank you for any advice.
Best Regards.

It may not have anything to do with a new drive installation. Snow Leopard has just "bricked" my Intel Mac Mini hard drive - the original one. The first attempt at installation failed, so I tried an erase and instal. It seemed to work - briefly but when I tried to restore apps and settings from a Time Machine back-up it "hung" with only one minute of restoration to go. Now the HD appears to have failed, since it is unable to find any system folder and booting up via the Snow Leopard disc and bringing up the disc utility shows a greyed-out HD drive.
Some people on the MacBook Pro forum report a similar problem with the hard drive after Snow Leopard installation.

Getting error during the Oracle9i installation "Oracle9i Database Release 2 (9.2.0.1.0) for Compaq Tru64 machine"

Hi All,
Getting follwing error during the Oracle9i installation “Oracle9i Database Release 2 (9.2.0.1.0) for Compaq Tru64 machine"
u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0/install/make.log
- Linking Oracle
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ld:
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Stop.
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Pl elaborate the business / technical reason for installing a 15+ year old unsupported software on a 15+ year old unsupported hardware, assuming you are installing an a supported OS version
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Snow Leopard Installation Disk Ejects - won't install

A brand new Snow Leopard Installation disk would not be read in a MacBook Pro 15" so I just thought I'd share my solution.
This installation disk was readable on every Mac that I tried except the one that I wanted to install Snow Leopard onto, which, by the way, could read other CDs and DVDs.
I ran TechTool just to eliminate any problem it may be able to handle.
The solution was to clean the DVD with a little dish soap and water and to blot it dry with a lint-free cloth. Once I was sure that the disk was totally dry I attempted the installation again and it worked.

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De-authorize Snow Leopard installation

I'm selling my old MacBook Pro, and I have a licensed copy of Snow Leopard on it. I'd like to de-authorize it prior to selling. My Snow Leopard installation CD is a 5-copy (family) version. How do I gain the authorization back? Thanks in advance.
Frank

There is no "authorization", per se. Since you have a family pack and hence can't provide a copy of SL to the new owner with the MacBook, you'll want to use the system installation disks that came with the MBP to erase the drive (highly recommended anyway, and I'd suggest going to the Security Options in Disk Utility and choosing the "Zero Out Data" option when you erase the drive) and reinstalling the original OS version.
Regards.

Snow Leopard Installation problems

What can I do if the Snow Leopard installation isn't completed, returning message " Installer couldn't replace system documents"?
I tried once, and system returned me the message above. So I restarted and tried installation again, but first I formatted the HD with the Mac os x Journaled file system. the I retried, but the installation didn't go to an end, returning the same message.
I'm stucked with a 2009 Macbook Pro. Before I tried installation, suddenly stopped working, booting it with no success, ending with a white wide screen.
Any ideas?
Many Thanks.
Ricky

Oh, it was the +File Open+ dialog, not a web browser window, is that correct?
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To see your Login Items, go to System Preferences Accounts pane +Login Items+ tab. The list you see are your Login Items. If you see anything that you no longer need, you should remove it. Look for something that may be related to this "Events.app" process.

Installation error with Snow Leopard disk

I'm trying to install Mac OS X snow leopard but when the installation bar reaches 15 minutes remaining, an error occurs and I am told to restart and try again. How do I fix this?

Greetings Leila,
What is the exact text of the error message?
How much available hard drive space do you have currently?
Make sure you have all your important data backed up. Something you should be doing regularly but especially when you are making a major change to your computer like a software update or in this case a software upgrade: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1553
Use a soft cotton cloth and make sure the SL disk is nice and clean.
Follow this article to boot to the SL disk and run Disk Utility Repair Disk to repair the drive: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417
Once the repair completes successfully restart the computer and attempt an install again.
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Snow leopard installation fails after reboot

I have a mac book pro 2007 non unibody. It has 10.5.8 installed and I would like to install snow leopard. My machine wont boot from the dvd - I get a no entry / warning symbol. However it can be read when I am booted into 10.5.8 and hence I clicked on install snow leopard and it goes well until the point where it reboots and then it wont continue and boots into 10.5.8 again.
Is this bad media? should I return the disk?
Thanks
Nick

I presume you're using the retail Snow Leopard DVD?
There have been a few cases of bad DVDs, but I wouldn't expect the disc to be read at all, let alone install. Worth a call to Applecare or Customer support and see if you can replace the disc.
Meanwhile, boot from your original Leopard grey disc and run DU to Repair Disk (not permissions), then try booting from the SL disc again.
As you've attempted to install from the DVD while booted in Leopard, also check your HD for a folder called something like "MacOS X Install Data". That will have been left there by the failed installation; the .pkgs in there would normally be installed to replace the corresponding Leopard files during the restart while the HD is unmounted.
If there's one there, trash it and empty the trash as it may inhibit further attempts at installation.

Snow Leopard Installation Problems with Bridge

I just installed Snow Leopard, after having the CS4 Suite with Bridge CS4 previously installed. When I tried to open Bridge after the insallatin of Snow Leopard, I got four error messages in succession, one right after the other when hitting "ok":
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Please Update PALoadMacPlugins.ccp with prop.
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2. PiPL Endian Swap Error
Please Update PALoadMacPlugins.ccp with prop.
3. PiPL Endian Swap Error
Please Update PALoadMacPlugins.ccp with prop.
Unable to Swap PiPLprop 'ms32" øms325 §'
4. PiPL Endian Swap Error
Please Update PALoadMacPlugins.ccp with prop.
After that, the program opens normally. I re-installed Bridge CS2, which works, but when I tried to use the update for Bridge CS4, it wouldn't allow me to put it in. On the installation disc for CS4, the place to select Bridge for installation was grayed out.

I didn't get any fix advice.
When I reinstalled CS4 I didn't install the any of the bonus packs/updates and haven't had the problem.
I also had (for other reasons) to do a complete reinstall of my system software, which may be why it's fixed. I'm afraid to install the bonus pack and find out, in any case.

Mac Mini Snow Leopard Installs ok, but reboot just hangs

I've just attempted to install SL as an upgrade from OSX 10.5.8. The installation (though tedious) worked ok. However, when it attempted to auto reboot after Installation Successful, it got to the Apple logo, and just hung there.
Needless to say, I was doing this last night, after Apple support had closed... So I tried to resolve it myself...
It sounded as if it was still occasionally trying to read the cd, so initially I thought there was some issue with the installation cd. Naturally I could not eject that. I tried multiple ways of reboot to eject the disk, all to no avail (space bar, mouse button, and pretty much every combination of keys to get into open firmware, even resetting ram), and eventually I forced it to boot up off the instal disk, which worked ok, then restored the system from a Time Machine backup. That all went ok. So, I'm now back with my original working system...
So, anyone got any idea why the install worked, but the auto-reboot failed? I don't have much non-Apple stuff installed - only 1Password in fact - and otherwise the OS and environment is as bought from the retailer.
Any suggestions appreciated Cheers, Pete.
It's a Mac Mini, here's the tech stuff...
Model Name: Mac mini
Model Identifier: Macmini3,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MM31.0081.B06
SMC Version (system): 1.35f0

HI Pete,
Not sure why this happened....
Go here and read the post by, "a brody" ... Topic : When updating to 10.6 or 10.6.1 please remember the following
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10180165#10180165
And check out this post by, "Kappy" ..... Suggestions for Safely Installing Snow Leopard
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2137339&tstart=0
*The installation wasn’t successful*
If you were unable to install Mac OS X, try the following:
Disconnect any external devices you don’t need during installation.
Try installing Mac OS X again.
If you were unable to install Mac OS X again, choose Utilities > Disk Utility. Select the disk on which you want to install, click First Aid, and then click Repair Disk. After repairing any problems, quit Disk Utility and then click Continue to try installing again.
Make sure there is sufficient disk space.
Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon. Click Get Info. In the Get Info window you will see Capacity and Available. *Make sure you always have a minimum of 10% to 15% free disk space at all times.*
Carolyn

Snow Leopard Installation Confirmation Needed...

This may seem like an odd question, but here goes anyway...
I've been experiencing kernel panics for quite some time running 10.6.8 on a C2D 2.16GHz iMac. So today I installed Snow Leopard from a retail package DVD.
I didn't stick around to watch the entire installation process; I was sitting at another desk working on my MacBook Pro. But eventually the iMac spit-out the DVD and restarted. The problem? When I checked "About This Mac" it indicated that I was running 10.6.8; the retail DVD is not 10.6.8. As far as I can tell from the box it is 10.6, which makes sense because I purchased it right after SL was introduced.
I had downloaded the 10.6.8 Combo Updater expecting to run it after the iMac restarted into 10.6. The installer package was sitting on the Desktop.
When I checked the iMac drive I found a "Mac OS X Install Data" folder that wasn't there before the installation. It mainly has what appear to be installer packages for printer drivers and various Apple software as well as a few data files. But I don't see an installation log. I also could not find an old System Folder in the Trash.
So was a new System actually installed? Did the installer somehow update 10.6 to 10.6.8? Or did the installation fail for some reason without an error message? How can I confirm a successful installation of Snow Leopard?

I had the same problem as you, by the sounds of it. When I installed Snow Leopard Server on a mini, it went through the motions of configuring the attached Airport base station NAT settings to support the services I had turned on. Unfortunately, that configuration either didn't stick, or the Airport lost the settings in the restart. Here's where I posted a question about this experience: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10318987&#10318987
Like you, I've been redirected to that "well know" list on several occasions, but it doesn't quite answer the question we both seem to have which is: +If Snow Leopard Server had successfully configured the NAT port settings on my Airport router, what would that configuration look like?+ Or, put in other terms: +What are just the ports I need to open on my Airport router to adequately support my installation of Snow Leopard Server?+
Of course, it all depends on what services you have enabled, so it would be helpful if the list could be broken down by service type.
Yes, the sure would save wading through that massive "well know" ports list to find just the few you need to manually configure the Airport...

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