Upgrade Help... is my install disk good?

Hi all... may your 2007 unfold as you prefer...
I bought Tiger and was testing out how it would run, on a cloned B/U firewire drive, before installation on my main drive...
I ran into install problems and after 2 failed attempts on the external drive i'm nervous to install on the main.
The last lines of the installation log reads:
"Dec 13 23:05:05 localhost : Performing post-extraction actions
Dec 13 23:05:05 localhost : SecAlternate system ("/Volumes/OSX B:U") returned 100079". Then it stalls and never finishes.
So here'squestions:
Do i need to have the upgraded disk set up for "Journaling"?
Could i have a bad Install disk?
AFAIK, no problems w/the drives nor w/present OS config.
Any thoughts, recomendations or support would be helpful as i'm at a loss here...
Pismo G4/550;SuperDrive;DLink BT;1GB RAM   Mac OS X (10.3.9)   upgraded CPU & Optical Drive!

Ce Ann:
Sometimes installing to an external HDD can be a challenge. I understand your hesitation to install to your Pismo and possibly mess things up. However, if you have a Full Retail Version of Tiger I don't think you need to worry.
Here's what I suggest:
1. Back up (clone) your entire HDD to your external Firewire HDD using SuperDuper. The point of this is that if the installation does not go well you can clone your HDD back from the external FW HDD.
2. Disconnect your external HDD from the Pismo.
3. Insert the Tiger install disk and boot up your Pismo holding down the "C" key.
4. When booted go to the Utilities menu and launch Disk Utility.
5. Select your HDD (manufacturer ID) in the sidebar.
6. Select First Aid in the main panel.
7. Click Repair Disk button.
8. If DU reports disk does not need repairs click Repair Disk Permissions button. Then quit DU and go to installation below.
9. If DU reports errors Repair again and again until DU reports disk is repaired.
10. If DU reports errors it cannot repair you will need to use a utility like Tech Tool Pro or Disk Warrior
I am assuming that your computer meets the minimum system requirements for Tiger.
Installation
1. You are already booted from the Tiger installer disk.
2. Lauch the installer by clicking Install.
3. After the preliminaries select installation option.
4. If you wish you may choose to customize and deselect Foreign Language Translations (if you don't think you need it--most people don't); also deselect Additional Printer Drivers.
5. Proceed with installation.
6. After successful installation computer restarts and you go through the setup procedure.
7. Restart and Repair permissions (Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility)!
8. Download and apply the Mac OS X Update 10.4.4 (Combo)
9. Restart and Repair permissions!
10. Run Software Update and apply all available updates.
As you may have noticed I am running Tiger on my upgraded Pismo and on a 500, and both run great.
Please post back with further questions or comments.
Good luck.
cornelius
Message was edited by: cornelius

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