Mac OS X Tiger installation quiz!

All,
I got a resetting message with my PowerBook G4 12" and rebooted sevearal times but the message kept coming again. I decided to do the following steps:
a. run a hardware test and it passed complete one
b. re-install the Mac OS X Panther with the install CD after erase and format my HD
c. re-install the Mac OS X Tiger with the CD came with the book.
d. the resetting message with four different languages still showed up when I tried to reboot system every time. I surely can try the safe boot but how I can get my Powerbook back to normal? Should I send it back to Apple center for repair?
Thanks,

Just why were you wanting to install Panther if Tiger came with your machine?
Unless the Panther installer is the retail version there are any number of problems trying to install an OS from a restore disc from another machine. It just does not generally work.
The restore disc(s) that came with your machine are what I would suggest you use to attempt a clean installation. It would be a good idea to initialize (format) the drive (and would not hurt to "zero" it) to get the remnants of anything that might cause a problem off of it.
Is your machine still under warranty? If doing the above does not straighten things out it would probably be best to call AppleCare and see just what they want to do.
Good Luck

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I have an AMD Athlon 6400+ (64 bit) machine and I would like to install MAC OS X on it. Does anyone have any experience with this yet? I'm trying to get an idea of the issues prior to purchasing a copy of Tiger and trying this out.
Thanx.........
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Then why is Apple advertising Mac OS X (Tiger) for Intel?
Specifically: "Meet the world’s most advanced operating system. Instantly find what you’re looking for. Get information with a single click. Mac OS X Tiger delivers 200+ new features which make it easier than ever to find, access and enjoy everything on your computer. Whether that machine is Intel- or PowerPC-based, you’ll enjoy 21st century innovations before anyone else. Stay ahead of the curve with Mac OS X."
from http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger
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Cannot reinstall Tiger : installer stuck (cannot make disk bootable)

Good afternoon experts,
I am writing to you here as I have a problem with the Tiger installer which suddendly stops when trying to install on a prepartioned disk.
First, some background information : I have a 20' iMac Intel machine which I bought on February 06 (well designed machine, happy with it so far). The thing is, I have had serious crashes and lockups using the UB version of VLC (media player) which led me to hard reboot the machine several times. Despite the journaling on the disk, some of my filesystem was corrupted, seemingly beyond repair (some apps did not even boot, nothing happened when I plugged in an external disk, etc). Scanning for disk errors and permissions problems revealed that a lot of files had been damaged ("extended allocation" error) in both the system and in my applications.
As I did not know what to do (I should have asked first here whether it was possible to reinstall only parts of the OS using, maybe, a package manager), I synced my backups and went for a reinstall.
The thing is, the disk is already partitioned, as I also run Linux on the machine (updated firmware and repartitioned the disk w/ BootCamp; worked well). It contains, in that order : the hidden EFI partition (fat32), the macOSX HFS+ volume (where I want to install), Linux swap partition, HFS+ partition (for use w/ rEFIt, the EFI bootloader), and two Linux ext3 partitions.
The install starts fine (booting from the DVD which came with my machine), the macOSX volume is formatted but the installer just then stops. Looking at the logs, I can see that it is because it cannot make the volume bootable (this is what the error message says). Note that it correctly read the partition table/EFI partition scheme as it gives me the correct partition types I have presented above. Also note that I cannot do an "archive and install" procedure, seemingly because I have insufficient space (6GB free on the volume); the installer does not give me any choice. Finally, I can still boot into Linux holding the 'Alt' key and using the builtin volume chooser to start on the second HFS+ volume.
I am asking for help to you gurus, to know what to do here. I was think maybe something like using the shell to do a manual 'bless' would solve the issue; I would like however to be sure before proceeding. Otherwise, is there a manual installation procedure (as there is for instance on the Debian installer, allowing to skip/redo some install steps)?
Thanks for your help experts,
Vincent
PS: I am going to see whether I can collect the logs and post them here.

Hello back,
As I did not find a way to attach my logs, I am posting the most relevant parts of it here.
This is where the installer erases the volume and fails at make the disk bootable :
Jun 27 12:04:56 localhost : Preparing volume "Macintosh HD" for installation
Jun 27 12:04:56 localhost : Erasing volume for OS Install
Jun 27 12:04:56 localhost : Original Disk Layout
Jun 27 12:04:56 localhost : partition map from /dev/disk0:
Jun 27 12:04:56 localhost : #: type name size identifier mountpoint
Jun 27 12:04:56 localhost : 0: GUIDpartitionscheme *232GB disk0
Jun 27 12:04:56 localhost : 1: EFI 200MB disk0s1
Jun 27 12:04:56 localhost : 2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 70.0GB disk0s2 /Volumes/Macintosh HD
Jun 27 12:04:56 localhost : 3: Linux Swap 503MB disk0s3
Jun 27 12:04:56 localhost : 4: Microsoft Basic Data 18.6GB disk0s4
Jun 27 12:04:56 localhost : 5: Apple_HFS rEFIt 190MB disk0s5 /Volumes/rEFIt
Jun 27 12:04:56 localhost : 6: Microsoft Basic Data 143GB disk0s6
Jun 27 12:04:56 localhost : Preparing disk for erase
Jun 27 12:04:57 localhost : Erasing volume.
Jun 27 12:04:57 localhost : Erasing
Jun 27 12:04:58 localhost : Initialized /dev/rdisk0s2 as a 70 GB HFS Plus volume with a 8192k journal\n
Jun 27 12:04:59 localhost : Mounting Disk
Jun 27 12:04:59 localhost : Done erasing volume.
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : Final Disk Layout
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : partition map from /dev/disk0:
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : #: type name size identifier mountpoint
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : 0: GUIDpartitionscheme *232GB disk0
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : 1: EFI 200MB disk0s1
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : 2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 70.0GB disk0s2 /Volumes/Macintosh HD
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : 3: Linux Swap 503MB disk0s3
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : 4: Microsoft Basic Data 18.6GB disk0s4
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : 5: Apple_HFS rEFIt 190MB disk0s5 /Volumes/rEFIt
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : 6: Microsoft Basic Data 143GB disk0s6
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : Waiting for volume...
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : Configuring volume "Macintosh HD"
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : Preparing Disk for OS Install
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : Cannot make disk bootable at this stage.
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : partition map from /dev/disk0:
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : #: type name size identifier mountpoint
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : 0: GUIDpartitionscheme *232GB disk0
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : 1: EFI 200MB disk0s1
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : 2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 70.0GB disk0s2 /Volumes/Macintosh HD
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : 3: Linux Swap 503MB disk0s3
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : 4: Microsoft Basic Data 18.6GB disk0s4
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : 5: Apple_HFS rEFIt 190MB disk0s5 /Volumes/rEFIt
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : 6: Microsoft Basic Data 143GB disk0s6
Jun 27 12:05:01 localhost : Install failed: Couldn't prepare volume for installation.
Now, this is what Disk Utility reports of the volume. You can see that the partition scheme on the disk is the correct one :
Jun 27 12:09:05 localhost : Disk Utility started.\n
Jun 27 12:09:05 localhost : \n
Jun 27 12:09:18 localhost : Name : WDC WD2500JS-40NGB2 Media\n
Jun 27 12:09:18 localhost : Type : Disk\n
Jun 27 12:09:18 localhost : \n
Jun 27 12:09:18 localhost : Disk Identifier : disk0\n
Jun 27 12:09:18 localhost : Media Name : WDC WD2500JS-40NGB2 Media\n
Jun 27 12:09:18 localhost : Media Type : Generic\n
Jun 27 12:09:18 localhost : Connection Bus : SATA\n
Jun 27 12:09:18 localhost : Connection Type : Internal\n
Jun 27 12:09:18 localhost : Partition Type : GUIDpartitionscheme\n
Jun 27 12:09:18 localhost : Device Tree : /PCI0@0/SATA@1F,2/@0:0\n
Jun 27 12:09:18 localhost : Writable : Yes\n
Jun 27 12:09:18 localhost : Ejectable : No\n
Jun 27 12:09:18 localhost : Mac OS 9 Drivers Installed : No\n
Jun 27 12:09:18 localhost : Location : Internal\n
Jun 27 12:09:18 localhost : Total Capacity : 232.9 GB (250,059,350,016 Bytes)\n
Jun 27 12:09:18 localhost : S.M.A.R.T. Status : Verified\n
Jun 27 12:09:18 localhost : Disk Number : 0\n
Jun 27 12:09:18 localhost : Partition Number : 0\n

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With so many of you having Tiger installation issues, I figured that this was worth asking.
I have no problems with my current system, but need to upgrade to use certain software. If I run into major problems, can I undo the 10.4.6 install and go back to 10.3.9 or am I out of luck?
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If you clone your current system drive to another drive either internal or external Firewire, then if you wish to fallback to the old version it is a simple matter to clone the old system drive back again.
This is always the safest way to upgrade your operating system just in case something should go wrong with a clone of the all system drive it is extremely simple to get back.
One thing make sure to test the clone by booting from it before starting the upgrade.
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I need to upgrade from 10.3.9 to 10.4. I have looked at installer discs for sale on eBay, and find listings like: "Apple Macintosh Mac Mini G4 Installer DVDs - 10.4 Tiger" with "Installation DVDs for first generation Power PC Mac Minis. Will work on the 1.25GHz G4 and 1.42 G4 models." and "2 APPLE MAC PRO OS X 10.4.7 TIGER SOFTWARE INSTALL DISC". Are these installer meant for those specific models? What installers can I use on my G4?
I have:
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Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 500 MHz
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Bus Speed: 100 MHz
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Tiger install DVDs are in short supply. Tiger is no longer available at the Apple Store *but may be available for $129 by calling Apple Phone Sales @ 1-800-MY-APPLE (1-800-692-7753)*. For other sources, do a Google search for MA453Z/A (10.4.6), MA190Z/A (10.4.3) and M9639Z/A (10.4) . Also look on eBay. Be sure & buy a retail version (black with silver X) and not a model specific version (gray) (See Can I use another Mac's system restore disc on my Mac? ). Expect to pay (possibly a lot) more than the Apple list price of $129.
Also check these web stores: http://www.lacomputercompany.com/cgi-bin/rpcart/index.cgi?command=dispitem&type= sku&sku=19521 http://www.allmac.com/shop/index.php?cPath=5_10003
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Look at this link Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger Installing Software Support Page
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You can also download the Tiger Installation and Setup Guide
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When you upgrade the OS, do it via Archive & Install. See About the Archive and Install feature http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1710
Be sure to select Preserve Users & Settings. Also, repair permissions before and after the install.
 Cheers, Tom

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Hold the Moyse button down to eject Disc #2 while booting up, at the same time hold the Option/alt key down to have the startup manager pop up, insertt Disc #1 & wait For Disc #1 to show as a boot choice.
That second Disc thing happens frequently, the best way around it is to do a Custom install, and eliminate enough Printer Drivers, Languages, Fonts, and Applications you don't need... then it may skip #2 altogether.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1442
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5. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214

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Hello. Can someone tell me how I can install Mac OS X Snow Leopard on Mac OS X Tiger? I have the disk, but when I open the installer, I get a message saying that Snow Leopard could not be installed on my computer and it could only be installed on a Intel-Based Mac. This is a PowerPC Mac, so that makes sense.
So, I'm trying to ask how to make my Mac an Intel-Based Mac so I could install Snow Leopard. Or if I can't do that, I need to know how to install Snow Leopard some other way. Please help.

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https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2295
and see this tip about used and refurbished Macs*:
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I have lately had noumerous problems with my mac - last escalation was that I got my MAC back from authorised Service - they had replaced my screen due to bluetooth problems, and then my mailsystem would not work 100 %. It was slow, recievers reported different fonts and size in text or other letters than the ones supposed to be. Furthermore my right arrow tab, will not react if I am locked in with my normal user - I created another username and right arrow tab worked fine.
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Anybody out here who can advice me on how to clean everything out and reinstall Tiger ?

Insert the Tiger DVD into the optical drive. Restart the computer. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the "C" key until the computer starts up from the DVD. After the installer loads proceed with the Tiger installation. When you reach the scrren where you select the destination (target) drive click on the destination drive icon, then click on the Options button. Set the installation type to Erase and Install. Click on OK button and continue with the installation.
This will effectively erase everything off of the hard drive then install a fresh copy of Tiger.

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I have problems with opening my original Tiger installation dvd. I already installed Tiger, but I need some data from the optional installs on the disk. But I don't get any access to the dvd. Its shown on the desk but whenever I try to open it it just failed. I can boot it by pushing C and starting from the dvd but I have no access when I just put it into my internal diskdrive. Does anyone have an idea?

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Hi
I'm a Director-developer on Windows
Now I have to port some my projects on Mac
I've just PC available with Intel processor
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problem to
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Thank you Andrew
I'm one step further, but still stucking
I've installed Stuff expander, extracted installation files
from .sit and
installed trial of macromedia director
But then when I'm trying to start application per Icon
"Director MX 2004"
following message is showed
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I Used Apple+I but do not see and option "Open using rosetta"
- can this be
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Any help will be appreciated
Orest
"Andrew Morton" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:fru1b6$j0n$[email protected]..
> game_dev wrote:
>> I can not find this option in General section
>>
>> Does this mean that rosetta is not installed on my
PC?
>
> [I know that strictly speaking a Mac is a PC, but could
you please write
> Mac when you're referring to a Mac PC? Ta.]
>
> Under the Apple menu, use "About This Mac" to make sure
it is an Intel
> Mac.
>
> To open the .sit file, you may need to install Stuffit
Expander from
>
http://my.smithmicro.com/mac/stuffitexpander/download.html
>
> It is only applications on a Mac which show the "Open
using rosetta"
> option. Hmmm.... if the installer is presented as a
"package" then it
> looks like you have to open the package to get to the
installer app.
> Google is your friend.
>
> Oh, and the current version of Tiger is 10.4.11.
>
> Andrew
>

Reinstalling Mac OS X Tiger

Hello there,
I just bought my Macbook Pro few days ago and have been doing a lot of reading since then regarding Mac. I am totally new to Mac and have totally no idea on how to use it. But all and all, I am so loving it already and have no regrets eventhough it is costing me half year of my basic salary. AACHAA! and Mac support forum is superb!
However, with this new Mac - I am just too affraid to try out new things or installing new application. I don't have a Mac Suport Care Center here at my town or anywhere close at all (within driving distance). And also no Mac user to share their troubleshooting exprerience (besides my brother who just bought a Macbook Pro also few days ago). Basically, we are all alone. But again, thanks goodness to this forum. I don't felt that lonely anymore as a Mac user.
Anyhow, by fearing of causing more damages towards Mac OS X Tiger with certain application installed - I know I will not be able to exprerience the Macbook Pro to it's best performance. I have been working on my PC (Microsoft Windows XP) for the past 7 years. So hopefully, I will be able to get all my working software in Mac version and work fulltime infront of Mac 24-7.
Therefore, I was wondering if it will be easy for me to do a simple reinstallation with the 2 CD provided together with this purchased of my Macbook Pro (if needed).
1) Does the 2 CD provided will restored Mac OS X Tiger as well?
2) Or it just simply reinstalled a Mac OS X with an older version?
3) If that is the case, will I be able to restored Mac OS X Tiger by easily download the file from this website?
4) What about the drivers? can I somehow backup the driver before I proceed on with the reinstallation and easily have it restored back?
5) Otherwise, is there anywhere I can manually take down the all the drivers?
Of course it is always best not to have it reinstalled. But just in preparation if I ever reach the point of no returned.
I would appreciate it if you can show me how. With the knowledge, I will felt more insured to exlplore more freely into Mac.
Thank you in advance.
Mac forever,
JonGan

1) Does the 2 CD provided will restored Mac OS X Tiger as well?
The two DVDs include a full installer for an Intel version of OS X, all required OS X software, installer for pre-bundled software, and installer for XCode Tools.
2) Or it just simply reinstalled a Mac OS X with an older version?
The OS X installer installs the default version of OS X required for your current MacBook model. If this is not the most recent version then you can update by downloading and installing a Combo Updater (Intel) from Apple's Download Site.
3) If that is the case, will I be able to restored Mac OS X Tiger by easily download the file from this website?
As said previously reinstalling OS X can be done using the DVDs that came with your computer. You cannot download Tiger.
4) What about the drivers? can I somehow backup the driver before I proceed on with the reinstallation and easily have it restored back?
OS X comes with drivers for virtually any peripheral or device. However, proprietary drivers required for third-party peripherals would have to be reinstalled if you reinstall OS X from scratch.
5) Otherwise, is there anywhere I can manually take down the all the drivers?
I have no idea what this question is asking because it is not intelligible.
As the computer comes out of the box there is no need to reinstall OS X. Everything is already pre-installed. As a new user you would be well advised to take the time to thoroughly and carefully read the User Guide that came with the computer as well as the brief introduction to OS X. You may find it helpful to read Switcher 101 Tutorial.
Good sources for shareware and freeware are VersionTracker or MacUpdate. You may also consider buying one or two good introductory books about OS X. Two good choices are *OS X for Dummies* and *Mac OS X: The Missing Manual*.

Can't see Tiger installer in external drive

I want to reinstall Tiger from the disk after erasing my startup drive - on my G4, which has a broken superdrive.
Right now I have Tiger installed and when I insert the Panther installer in the external drive and restart, I can choose to boot from the Panther install disk. However, when I insert the Tiger install disk, I can't see it in the external drive. (I only inserted the Panther disk as a test.)
The Tiger install disk is black with a gray X.
Does anyone know why I might be able to boot from the Panther installer but not the Tiger installer?
Thank you,
Debbie

I put the Tiger DVD in the iMac and started in Target Mode - I see the firewire icon on the screen. I booted the G4 with the Option key held down, but I just saw the G4 startup disk and back and forward arrows.
When I chose the forward arrow, this is what I saw:
Default Catch
code 300 at
%SPRO: ff8494a0
%SRRI:0000b030
Paraphrasing now:
Welcome to Open Firmware
Type mac-boot return to continue booting
I tried typing mac-boot return, but got another version of the same screen.

Can I start up my new imac (Snow Leopard) from a Tiger installation disc?

Last week I upgraded to an entirely new machine. My old imac was running on Tiger and the logic board failed. Though I had an external, I had my local Apple store transfer my hard drive data to my new mac. Since then, I've run Disc Utility a few times, each time with no problem until today.
Disc Utility is giving me the following error:
The volume Macintosh HD was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Start up your computer with another disk (such as your Mac OS X installation disc), and then use Disk Utility to repair this disk.
Since I don't have a Snow Leopard disc, I've tried starting up with my old Tiger installation disc, but to no avail... At the risk of sounding a little stupid, should Apple have given me a Leopard disc with my purchase?

bgaribay wrote:
Last week I upgraded to an entirely new machine. My old imac was running on Tiger and the logic board failed. Though I had an external, I had my local Apple store transfer my hard drive data to my new mac. Since then, I've run Disc Utility a few times, each time with no problem until today.
Disc Utility is giving me the following error:
The volume Macintosh HD was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Start up your computer with another disk (such as your Mac OS X installation disc), and then use Disk Utility to repair this disk.
Since I don't have a Snow Leopard disc,
I've tried starting up with my old Tiger installation disc, but to no avail...
you can not use the tiger disk. you need to use your snow leopard disk. what happened to yours? every new computer comes with one. it's called install disk one and is packaged with every new computer.

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