Leopard Installation

When beginning to install Lepard on my G4, when it restarts for installation, the message "Input Not Supported" comes up and I cannot continue. Any suggestions?

What I can suggest is that you post in the Leopard forum area:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=235

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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.

After installing Leopard, my G4 will no longer boot in OS 9.22. (Classic still works, but I need it to boot in OS 9.) Any clues about what the Leopard installer might have done to my machine that rendered OS 9 boot unusable? What can I do to fix it?

After installing Leopard, my G4 will no longer boot in OS 9.22.
(Classic still works, but I need it to boot in OS 9.)
Any clues about what the Leopard installer might have done to my machine that rendered OS 9 boot unusable? (And what can I do to fix it?)
Details:
G4 Gigabit Ethernet
Boot ROM version: 4.2.8fl
Accelerator card added: 1.6 MHz
1.5 Gig Ram
I have erased the partition that had Leopard installed on it.
I zapped the pram.
In Open Firmware, I "reset-nvram", and then "reset-all"
I tried to reinstall G4 FW Update 4.2.8, but that must be done when booted from OS 9, and of course, that's the problem: it won't boot into 9.
I tried restarting from 9.2.1 DVD.
I tried restarting from an external firewire drive containing OS 9.2.2.
I tried moving a fresh OS 9.2.2 system folder into an empty partition on an internal hard drive. (Partition was created WITH OS 9 drivers installed.)
All attempts to boot into OS 9 give me the same results - grey screen - no spinning beach ball, no icons or logos - just a blank grey screen.
This machine still works fine in OS 10.3 and 10.4, and it worked fine for many years booting into OS 9, until I installed Leopard, and I haven't been able to boot into OS 9 since then, although I have done considerable research online and tried many things.
I have since learned that this machine does not support Leopard - 10.5. Fine, but how did it break 9.2.2?
Any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks for checking in, BDAQua.
Problem solved.
In the docs that came with my Powerlogix accelerator card, I found this sentence buried:
"If you reset the PRAM, the NVRAM code for OS9 compatibility is cleared, so you will have to boot from the Firmawre Update CD and perform this process again in order to boot in OS9."
The "process" it's referring to is the process of setting up the NVRAM for booting into OS9 from the CD.
Fortunately, I was able to find the disk, and it worked as expected. I can now, once again boot into OS9.
Conclusion: My (unadvised) attempt to load Leopard on this old machine apparently reset the PRAM on the accelerator card and cleared the NVRAM code for OS9 boot. Although I did attempt to reset the NVRAM via Open Firmware, it did not reset it on the accelerator card.
So, thank you BDAQua, for your "Ah yes" . . . that's all I needed to steer me in the right direction.
Gratefully,
tupester

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.

Leopard installation hard drive issues

I recently bought a iBook G4 (2005 model) on eBay under the impression it was just missing an OS. Armed with a copy of Leopard (yes I bought it ) I tried to boot it up for the first time.
The first time I was faced with the Open Firmware screen, and errors that seemed consistnat with a faulty airport connection. I took it all apart and removed the airport card, then while booting I pressed Option to get the list of boot options. Booted to the Leopard DVD and after a disk check it seemed like it was working fine.
However just as it was about to begin the actual install process it cacked out with a massive Installation Failed! message. The install log said the error "Could not unmount" was to be blamed. Tried using the disk utility to verify the drives but it spent ages doing nothing. Repair wouldnt work and neither would erase, they gave me the same issue.
So that was it for the night. Gave up to try another day. Next morning trying to do the same thing after changing nothing, I was faced with the "You must restart your computer" message just after the language select screen on the install DVD. Why did this suddently change?
Took the harddrive out to check the connection was ok, seemed fine so put it back (didnt get the chance to plug it into my pc like I hoped, was missing the right adapter). Now with everything back in place, if I press Option on boot I dont even get a list of harddrives/cd drives anymore... just the two arrows and other than that a blank screen.
If I try to hold C while I boot to go straight to the disk then it shows the white loading page with the apple logo, but after an hour it hadnt moved on from there. The whole time the hard drive is making a loud clicking noise.
It seems each move I make I go backwards a little. Who has some suggestions that dont involve paying a spotty berk in the local shop $300 just so he can crack open Google, find this support post and fix it for me at a profit
I believe the HDD may be fried, but dont know how to check. It seemed to recognize it in the Disk Utility the time I got that far, but dont know why it no longer recognizes it.
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For us it was Versions cannot be switched off (decreases security). No "Save As" in many Apps, no Bounce in Mail. 10.7 felt “dumbed down” to us. We will try later, (10.8 maybe).
This is what we did in our office, from Kappy:
To switch from Lion to Snow Leopard:
1. 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.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Quit DU and return to the installer. Install Snow Leopard.
This will erase the whole drive so be sure to backup your files if you don't have a backup already. If you have performed a TM backup using Lion be aware that you cannot restore from that backup in Snow Leopard (see below.) I suggest you make a separate backup using Carbon Copy Cloner 3.4.1.
If you have Snow Leopard Time Machine backups, do a full system restore per #14 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions. If you have subsequent backups from Lion, you can restore newer items selectively, via the "Star Wars" display, per #15 there, but be careful; some Snow Leopard apps may not work with the Lion files.

Upgrade HDD using Time Machine, but no Snow Leopard DVD, only Leopard installation DVD = kernel error on startup

Hi guys and girls.
Background
I have a MacBook Pro (March 2009 vintage). It was loaded with OS X Leopard on a 250GB HDD. When Snow Leopard was released, I upgraded using a DVD bought from Apple. In time, I added an external USB HDD to use for Time Machine Backups. I am now, however, knocking up against the capacity limit of the original hard drive.
Given the above, plus the fact that I no longer appear to have the Snow Leopard DVD (upgrade version I believe) - what is the recommended way to get back to my old setup (files, OS, settings etc), but with my new, larger HDD?
So far I have tried:
1. Formatting new HDD as Mac OS Extended (journaled), GUID partition having booted using my original (Leopard) installation DVD. I then selected the latest Time Machine (Snow Leopard) backup. After a couple of hours of restoring from that backup, the system restarted, but had kernel errors on bootup.
2. As above, but when formatting, chose to zero all data. This had the same end result.
Questions:
1. Are the kernel errors I'm experiencing due to the mismatch of booting off Leopard and restoring a Snow Leopard backup?
2. Would finding my (or even a) Snow Leopard upgrade DVD help? If so, how?
3. What am I doing wrong generally? I do like to try to understand these things!
4. As above, what is the recommended way of doing what I'm trying to do, given the limitations of release DVDs etc.
Many thanks

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OS X 10.5 Leopard - Installation error message "No software to install"

Hello,
I am trying to upgrade my Intel iMac (Early 2006) from OS X 10.4.11 to Leopard OS X 10.5.
I insert the Leopard DVD and installation begins after restarting. The DVD consistency check runs fine but as soon as installation commences a yellow exclamation mark appears on the screen and informs me that installation could not complete as there is "no software to install".
- I have checked the DVD for scratches: No scratches.
- I have changed the RAM: Error messages occur regardless of the RAM configuration. (I have 2 x 1Gb RAM memory sticks installed, from Kingston memory). I went back to the original iMac RAM installed (2 x 512Mb RAM sticks) and the same error message appears.
I restart the iMac using the Startup disk and return to OS X 10.4.11.
Any hints on how to get the Leopard installation to work?
Thanks,
Ben

treaders wrote:
Success!
I moved 21Gb of stored files from the hard drive I was trying to install Leopard on. Went from 29Gb of free space to 50Gb.
For some reason the OS X 10.5 Leopard installation process liked this and Leopard installed.
I thought only 9Gb of free space was required to install Leopard?
Anyway, it worked.
Excellent. I will be sure to bookmark this thread. One never knows when it may come in handy.
The answer to your question is a little complicated and has been answered (approximately) elsewhere. Hopefully someone can point you at it.

FIX for Canon MP 600 after leopard installation

I discovered a fix for the Canon MP 600 after the leopard installation. After many challenges and troubleshooting with no positive results I tried something that worked!
Go to Applications on the HD, choose Utilities, Choose airport Utility.app. It will open and ask if you would like an update to the Airport Extreme Utility. Choose 'update' and follow instructions. I then went into the System Preferences, removed the MP 600 printer, downloaded the MP 600 driver from the Canon Website and installed it. I then rebooted the computer, went back to System Preferences, added in the MP 600 and all was working well.
I hope this helps someone.

on the 'rinting' topics, someone suggested throwing away all the drivers and downloading from the websiet. And it worked.
thanks to all who thought about it

I have an old powerPC G4. dual 867 512 MB. my optical drive is having trouble reading my leopard installer. I was going to try to use remote install but i don't have a network where I can connect both the mac and the windows laptop. any suggestions?

I'm just trying to revive my old PowerPC G4/ dual 867MHz 512MB. Unfortunately I am unable to install from disc since my optical drive, although still working, is somehow not able to read the leopard installer. I wanted to try the remote install option but have limited resources and don't have a network where I can have both the Mac desktop and windows laptop communicate. I read somewhere that I can use a crossover cable to connect the two directly. I'm still trying to see if I can get an external DVD-ROM as another option. Any suggestions?

Your Mac doesn't need a crossover cable, it auto-switches...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2274
But I have no idea how that will help you install from a Windows computer.
If you get an external DVD drive it needs to be Firewire & Mac bootable.
Other solution...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2274

Keynote disappeared after leopard installation

I AM HAVING SOME SERIOUS DATA LOSS AND PROGRAM LOCATION PROBLEMS AFTER LEOPARD INSTALLATION.
I can not find my previous keynote application program , which was part of ilife08, where did go?
same thing with adobe files , every program is trial version after LEOPARD INSTALLATION.

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Meanwhile Apple have not said a word about this in the last 8-10 weeks of utter misery for countless people - not a sausage. Many people are counting on 10.5.2 fixing this. I say don't count on it. Remember to complain to Apple as it is their own software/hardware that is at fault here. Meanwhile, they introduce a ... wifi laptop.... ooh the irony.

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.

Hans, will that Pioneer cause problems with this Tiger app? One comment I read on one forum said that non-Apple disk drives have to be disabled to run Tiger, so I wonder if that would solve this problem. I appreciate all the time you've given me to help solve this problem. Like most projects, a lot more is involved that appears at first.

3 posts in one on the Leopard "installation and setup" forum

I just posted a topic "Cannot disable trackpad pinch open & close" on the Leopard "installation and setup" forum and the topic was posted 3 times.
I first previewed my post, then posted the message from the preview pane. Interestingly, it took the forum server a very long time to display the preview pane ... and then a very long time (several minutes) to post the message after i clicked the post button.
I did not get impatient and click any buttons twice ... I just waited, and somehow the message got posted 3 times. I can believe I did something inadvertent on my end ... but impatiently hitting the preview and post buttons while waiting was not it.
If someone with power can remove 2 of the 3 repetitions, I'd appreciate it ... I couldn't figure out how to delete them myself

fiddleaway wrote:
Thanks. Is there a direct channel to the moderators anyone can use in circumstances like this?
This is it. The Feedback forum is the place to post requests for the Hosts.
I'd like to find out why my posting actions are generating multiple postings.
This has been happening to many people and as Terence mentions seems to be a fault in the forum software. Some have noticed that it occurs when there appears to be a server lag. That is, they'll click the button to post and there will be a long lag in response from the web site, and then even though they never clicked another button, several posts will appear.
It's not anything you did.

Mac OS X Leopard installation disc after I install Windows Vista

Hi everyone! Do I need to put my Mac OS X Leopard installation disc after I install Windows Vista? I try to run the windows without install Mac-specific driver for windows but it restarted and back to Mac OS. The frustrated thing is I did not bring my Mac OS with me. Anyone has any solution? Or how can i request a installation disk from Apple? Thank you!

Hi everyone! Do I need to put my Mac OS X Leopard installation disc after I install Windows Vista? I try to run the windows without install Mac-specific driver for windows but it restarted and back to Mac OS. The frustrated thing is I did not bring my Mac OS with me. Anyone has any solution? Or how can i request a installation disk from Apple? Thank you!
Yes you will need to install the apple drivers for win vista. When you boot from a cold start, have you tried holding down the option key to choose which OS to boot from? If you have then, you could try going into startup options from the mac side and choose win vista if it appears. That could be risky though, as you mentioned you do not have the mac install disk. If problems arise you may need the mac install disk to undo the changes.

Failed Leopard Installation, now Tiger wont boot

I recently tried to install Leopard onto my MacBook and during installation an error message came up talking about running a preupgrade script and it told me to contact tech support. so i tried to quit the installation and reboot normally but when I clicked on Quit Installation the spinning pinwheel came up and stayed like that for over an hour. So I restarted with the power button.
It started to load like normal (the chime, gray screen w/apple, etc.) but then it went to a black screen with white text where you enter commands (reminds me of MS DOS). What do I do? I need any help I can get! Thanks.

Scott,
thank you so much for your help. but looks like it is my HD afterall ):
...somehow leopard installation revealed a "boot" problem....or created it?
as an alternative to getting the install disc in: Applecare told me to hold option key down after turning on the mac, mac HD symbol did appear so then I could insert the install disc, selected it and went to disk utilities:
He suggested I partition the drive first, to repartition it back together later, before trying a last resort of zeroing the drive which would take a long time.
When partitioning failed because it said "resource busy" and then first attempt to erase HD selecting the one with numbers failed with the same "resource busy" 3rd attempt to erase Mac HD did work.
however this tier 2 applecore person was concerned that even if I zeroed the drive there was something wrong with my "boot" and then after confirming with me I didn't have boot camp installed, told me my Macbook pro needed to be sent in for the HD to be replaced.
since having enough GB is my main problem (with final cut installed) I have a related question:
To add GB with a new HD? since mine is only a 100 GB?
I was told authorized apple dealer can do this (but not apple) and applecare will still cover me (except for the bigger HD itself)
do you think it advisable to go for more GB?
for the next 2 months, I need my macbookpro for work so I am tempted to let apple replace this 100gb HD and do it later when I am going on vacation
Also JUST TO BE ABSOLUTELY SURE this leopard works and there aren't any other problems with my laptop and apple can't blame me and my buying a new bigger HD...
(: silver lining is that now apple will install leopard for me! yeah I think!
do I want this leopard afterall? or wait for a cheta or whatever is next!
thanks again!

Trouble with Leopard Installation

I bought a Macbook Pro on Amazon, and it shipped with Leopard, but not installed.
So I just run up the Leopard Installation DVD, and followed the process.
The thing is, after a loooong time, my computer was still stuck on the boot screen(grey screen with apple logo, and the rounded animations of loading).
Now, every time I turn it on, it doest boot, stay stuck on that screen.
Can anybody help me?

Disconnect all non-Apple peripherals.
1. Erase and install 10.4 from the original startup disks.
2. Restore following the directions here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61802
3. Upgrade to Leopard from the Leopard installer disk.
If it still fails, you may need to see if there is a hardware issue with the machine:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303081
If none shows any problem, but it still won't boot either you got a bad installer disk, or you had your machine shipped with bad RAM, and you should call AppleCare:
http://www.apple.com/contact/phone_contacts.html
Call also the store you bought the machine from to find out what time period do you have to return for replacement of a lemon.
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Disk Utility: cannot Repair Permissions, even on Leopard installation disk

After reinstall of iLife '08 and Software Update completed, I ran Repair Disk Permissions. Got an immediate red note "error: The underlying task reported failure on exit (sic)." with a flag: "First Aid failed. Disk Utility stopped repairing permissions on 'Mac HD...' because the following error was encountered: The underlying task reported failure on exit."
I went to my Leopard Installation disk and ran "Repair Disk." No problem found. From the Installation disk, ran Repair Disk Permissions. got the same RED INK comments and flag, First Aid failed.
Restarts don't help. Also, so far I have not found an application which is NOT working despite this Disk Utility problem, happy to report ;-))
Additional background. I was reinstalling iLife to fix iPhoto after a clean reinstallation of Leopard and reincorporation of files and apps vis Time Machine. It had been several weeks and iPhoto appeared to be the only app which was not quite right.

Disk Repair can trigger "underlying task" but I've never heard or seen a Permissions Repair do so.
You should never use the DVD to repair permissions. You should be using the same OS version. And of course you can always repair permissions from your boot drive; or from backup/clone or alternate "emergency" drive. Otherwise, the DVD and older version of DU will be wrong.
I know I read that on MacFixit, but I am not sure I bookmarked it.
Don't rely on Apple First Aid, even a clean bill of health doesn't mean there aren't problems which Disk Warrior can deal with.

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