Upgrading to tiger w. classic 9

now that i know 10.4 will also run classic 9 i am considering upgrading. 9.2.2 is critical for all my business accounting software, so i am obviously concerned i do it right. when i upgrade to 10.4 do i need to do anything with 9.2.2 already installed? what is most current version of tiger i can use? will i still be able to run both systems simultaneously.any other glitches i might encounter in the upgrade?

when i upgrade to 10.4 do i need to do anything with 9.2.2 already installed
Update the Classic drivers. You will be prompted to do this upon the first use of Classic following the installation.
what is most current version of tiger i can use?
Mac OS X 10.4.11.
will i still be able to run both systems simultaneously
Yes.
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Classic won't launch after upgrade to Tiger

I have a user who's machine was just upgraded to 10.4.5, and now Classic won't launch.
I copied the system files from the resource folder in case they were corrupt, but it didn't help.
I tried to launch classic with extensions off, no go.
Rebuilt the desktop, no help.
when you try to launch Classic, it opens the start window and just hangs. Left it for half an hour, and it never launched.
I looked for the DivX file in /Library/application support, nothing there.
classic worked fine under 10.3.9.
Any thoughts on what to do next? Is it safe to reinstall OS 9.2 overtop or is a complete wipe and load necessary (hope not, as user has beaucoup third party apps).
Help!
Thanks,
Lisa

I have a user who's machine was just upgraded to
10.4.5, and now Classic won't launch.
I tried to launch classic with extensions off, no
go.
Rebuilt the desktop, no help.
when you try to launch Classic, it opens the start
window and just hangs. Left it for half an hour, and
it never launched.
Same problem with my PB G4 : Classic won't launch since I upgraded to Tiger.
When I try to launch Classic, the usual start Window appears and then the following message :
The update of the files belonging to Classic presents a problem.
Classic could not update its files in " System Folder" of "Macintosh HD
Didn't find any DivX file
Before, Classic worked fine under 10.2.8
I Installed a new OS 9.2.2 , and renamed the former system " Old System"
What's next ?
iMac G4 800mhz & PB G4 667mhz Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Upgrade to Tiger 10.4.6

Hi,
I have a Power Mac G4 1.25 DP (FW 800), 2GB RAM running OS X 10.3.9
Recently I've been having issues with the spinning death wheel displaying all the time. I've posted elsewhere & its been suggested that bad sectors are to blame (from the sound of the HD seeking in a 'loop')
Last time I tried to boot up, for some reason it's trying to boot in classic (9.2) ?? However it's just erroring and saying 'can't boot Classic from that location' or something along those lines (sorry, at work right now, not in front of Mac) ?
It's been so frustrating recently I'm ready to do a complete fresh install and see if that helps at all.
2 things....!
1)
While I'm sorting this out, I also want to upgrade to tiger 10.4.6
2)
I bought this Mac 2nd hand & it wasn't sold to me with any of the software disks.
So, exactly what do I need to purchase in order to sucessfully upgrade and perform disk maintenance (diskutil booted from startup CD\DVD so i can 'Repair Disk')
I went to the Apple store on Regents St to purchase 10.4.6 DVD but they said 'thats just an OS and won't help you' which left me slightly confused. If I buy this, surely I can perform a brand new install \ start diskutil from the DVD??
They mentioned contacting Apple Care with my serial number & they would send me replacement disks. However, I can't even get onto the machine any more to retrieve this info!!
I just want to buy what I need to upgrade and safeguard any future issues. Please advise...!
Cheers
Dylan
Apple Power Macintosh G4 1.25 DP (FW 800) Mac OS X (10.3.9)

You cannot install a new system or even reinstall the old one until you repair or replace your hard drive. If you try upgrading on a bad hard drive you'll end up no better off than you are now.
The phone number for AppleCare in the UK is (44) 0870 876 0753. Your serial number can be found on the computer.
If the hard drive has bad sectors and no other physical problem you may be able to restore its use by reformatting as follows:
Extended Hard Drive Preparation
1. Boot from your OS X Installer Disk. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. After the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger.)
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. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the number of partitions from the dropdown menu (use 1 partition unless you wish to make more.) Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled, if supported.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the volume(s) mount on the Desktop.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled, if supported.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process will take 30 minutes to an hour or more depending upon the drive size.
You will of course need a bootable OS X Installer Disc to do this, and it will only be successful if the drive is otherwise OK.
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Will upgrading from Tiger 10.4.11 to Snow Leopard delete programs?

Sorry if this is a stupid question or answered a million times before, but will upgrading from Tiger 10.4.11 to Snow Leopard stop my existing programs (PhotoShop, Office etc) from running? I've got an Intel MacBook but I've never installed a new OS myself, so any tips gratefully received! Thank you.

You will lose the ability to work in any Classic OS applications that ran under system 9.
If I were you, before upgrading do yourself a favor and purchase an external hard drive that you can "clone" your Mac to. If possible, a large enough drive that you can have 2 partitions. In one you would clone your current system and apps. Then after the upgrade, clone again your updated system to the other partition as a emergency backup.
With the clone of your current set up, if need be you can rebbot to it so that you can use any of your "old" applications.

Upgraded to Tiger ad OS 9 won't start up

Hi
I need somebody's help. I upgraded to Tiger from Panter and now my OS 9 won't start up and I need it badly!!!
Do I need to update to 10.4.7??
Help please

intermilan, Welcome to the discussion area!
Did you select to erase the hard drive during the upgrade? If so, you will need to reinstall OS 9.
KB 106677, Troubleshooting the Classic environment in Mac OS X

Upgrade from tiger to leopard on a power mac G?

can i upgrade from tiger to leopard on a power mac G5?

Yes, however, read about the pitfalls below.
Mac OS X 10.5 was release October 26, 2007. Its 10.5.8 update is the newest operating system available for PowerPC Macs that meet its requirements. It is available occasionally by calling Apple online store's phone number, even though the website does not show it. Many want to upgrade to Leopard because of i-Devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod) bought saying iTunes 10 or later is recommended. To check if that really is required, look at the i-Device requirements section of this tip
If your Mac is Intel, and running 10.4.11 or earlier, and meets the hardware requirements of 10.6, a less expensive upgrade solution is to upgrade to 10.6 directly. No need to upgrade to 10.5 unless your software won't run in 10.6.
Software listed for Intel Mac and PowerPC Macs can run on 10.5 for the platform indicated in the link. For Leopard you need
867 Mhz on a single processor or faster (1 Ghz and higher are faster).
256 MB of RAM (preferably 512MB of more based on arbitrary experience).
9 GB of hard disk space (arbitrary experience adds another 15%) free.
Macs newer than August 28, 2009 can't run Leopard, and require a minimum of Snow Leopard.
Dual booting Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X 10.5, check this tip:https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-1757
Classic is not compatible with 10.5. 10.4.11 on a PowerPC Mac or earlier is needed for Classic.
Mac OS X 10.5 is the earliest version of Mac OS X that will run iTunes 10. This is necessary for numerous i-Devices (iPad, iPhone, and iPods). To find out which require it, see this article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes_version_history
Should you require only iTunes 9, and are running a minimum of 10.4, backup your data at least twice, check in Apple menu -> About This Mac if you have a G3, G4, G5 (which is PowerPC), or Intel Core (which is Intel) make sure you are running 10.4.11 PowerPC or 10.4.11 Intel (depending on the aforementioned processors), and download iTunes 9.2.1. The only reason you should upgrade to 10.5 is if some other software is required.
Boot Camp is only available on Intel Macs with 10.5 and higher.
Time Machine backup software first appeared in 10.5
You have several options of installation which are explained here: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2209
All of which I recommend you backup your data at least twice before upgrading, and have sufficient disk space to install, and all your third party applications and drivers are known to be Leopard compatible, and after backing up your data you dismount and disconnect all but Apple keyboard and mouse and if there is an external display, that too. And just before you install repair permissions.
If any of the above terms confuse you, ask on the Discussions board what they mean, and one of the people who knows will gladly assist you.
You must use the installer disc that looks like *, and does not say Upgrade, Dropin, or OEM, if you choose to upgrade to Leopard.
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What will I lose when upgrading from Tiger to Leopard

I am relatively new to Macs and am concerned about what I will lost if we upgrade out Mac mini server from Tiger to leopard. There was a time when new Apple computers were not backward compatible, certainly Microsoft upgrades always have issues. Thus I have fear for performing an upgrade from Tiger to Leopard on our server without knowing what we are in for.
I looked at some of the discussion threads here and elsewhere. I see a lot of minutiae but none that would be an issue to me. Then again, no one seems to put out a publication (including/especially Apple) that say here are the possible drawbacks.
I guess our biggest concern in our existing data. Are there any types of document formats that we will no longer be able to read?
I assume Office, Photoshop and those types of programs will be fine as surely the publishers have issues the necessary updates. Is that correct?
Are there any mainstream issues that could come as a surprise to us and present serious problems?
Thank you,
Robert

I guess our biggest concern in our existing data. Are there any types of >>document formats that we will no longer be able to read?
Only if the applications which open those documents run in Classic.
And only if you do not have another program that can open them.
for example, Filemaker...I used FM5 (classic app)...OSX versions of FM were both overkill for my needs and cost prohibitive, so I never upgraded.
Lost access to all those files.
Fortunately, I was able to download a demo of FM9, open the files, export them to XLS format, then open them in either excel or numbers. Of course, lost the database functionality, embedded images were no longer there, and calculated fields failed, but at least the data fields converted.
The issue in photoshop, from what I understand, is saving to a network drive.
(possible file corruption)
Save locally, then copy to a network drive, and pshop should work fine.
Are you already on Intel, or are you on PPC? you may find some other quirks if you are also upgrading to an Intel based system.
Things like QT and browser plugins that are not Universal binaries.

Having Font Book problems since upgrading to Tiger.

Once I upgrade to Panther, I pitched Suitcase, and have been using Font Book exclusively for activating Fonts and such.
After upgrading to Tiger font book has basically rendered itself worthless for me. At least half of my old font wont load through font book. On alot of my type 1 fonts, if I drag them to Font Book, then the font will appear to be loaded and activated, but actually only the scren font was copied to the fonts folder (user/library/fonts). If I manually copy the fonts into this folder, then they sow up in my Adobe apps (CS2), but still print lo res.
For now I have ditched Font Book, and have been using Font Explorer X, and it works flawlessly, but I'd rather use Font Book if I can get it to behave, as I like the interface better.
In addition, I am also unable to load many PC TT fonts through Font Book Tiger, that I had no problem loading through FB in Panther.
Any Ideas, or is it just buggy?

Well, Font Book under Tiger is still buggy, but it's better than under Panther, and not buggy in the ways you describe, so there's something else going on.
Adobe apps will "load" a bitmapped font into their menus but then tell you, if you select them, that the printer file is missing and printing will be at lo-res, which is what you're describing. You say you "manually copy these fonts to the folder"; by "these fonts" are you referring to the printer files (which you said were not being copied to the Users fonts folder thru Font Book)?
The mystery is how Font Book is helping you install fonts which are apparently bitmap suitcases without copying the printer files along with it to the target folder.
So, a couple of things to check, choosing just one or two of the problem fonts to manipulate:
-When you "drag to Font Book" where are you dragging them? Depending on where you drop them, they could go to the default Install folder (set in Preferences), or someplace else. If you drag them to the Classic Mac OS library in Font Book, that could let you install bitmap-only suitcase fonts (without their PostScript companions). These will only show up in Classic apps and in Adobe apps, as described above.
-Might your suitcase files have both TrueType and bitmapped versions of a font inside? That might explain why only the suitcase file is being installed thru Font Book - it's just ignoring the bitmap.
In all, it still "feels" like a problem of bitmaps without their printer files... did you rename the printer files, by any chance? That will keep the OS from finding them at print time.
Did you clean everything up after ditching Suitcase? I don't know what artifacts you might be dealing with.
As for the PC TTs that worked before but not now... that's the real puzzler.
In both cases - your Type 1s and TTs, what happens when you put them right into the Fonts folder, bypassing Font Book.
Get back with more info, and we'll get back with more analysis...

Getting a larger hard drive...and want to upgrade to Tiger...help!

Hello everyone!
I have a dualie MDD with the stock 60 gig hard drive that I want to upgrade. I'd like a 200 or 250 gig hard drive.
Once I have the new hard drive installed, I'd like to upgrade to Tiger. But I'm lost as to how this process works. I know I'd need to clone my current OS, but then how do I clone it to the new drive once it's installed?
Would I:
1) Back my system up onto CD/DVDs/external drive/whatever
2) Create clone of system using CCC or Disk Utilities
3) Install new drive??
4) ???
5) Upgrade to Tiger??
I'm not sure if two drives running so close to each other inside the hard drive cage is a wise move considering how hot the inside of an MDD gets, so I may remove the 60 once everything is up and running.
So how do I go about this the right way? Detailed instructions would be very appreciated. Thank you!

Hi, Pat!
First of all, get the new drive and install it. (Insure you buy an ATA drive and not a SATA drive.) If you need any assistance with installing, configuring, or initializing the drive, please post back.
In the interim, check for updates to your third-party apps to make sure that they will all be up-to-date and Tiger-compatible. Download a free copy of Superduper! or CarbonCopyCloner to later clone your startup drive. You can also use Disk Utility's Restore option for cloning, if you'd rather do so.
Next, you have a decision to make about the Tiger install. You can either upgrade it from Panther on your current drive, or do a fresh install of Tiger and use the Setup Assistant to incorporate your data from the Panther volume. I prefer and would recommend the latter as a much "cleaner" way of upgrading, leaving less "baggage" from the older OS. I would install Tiger directly to the new drive, which precludes the immediate need to clone anything while still leaving the original startup drive and system intact. If you'd rather do the upgrade install, then you should clone the Panther volume to the new drive, check the clone to insure it's okay, and install Tiger over Panther onto one drive or the other.
After installing Tiger, doing the software updates, moving your user files, apps etc. to the Tiger volume, you can run and test it for a week or so to insure all is well and that you have everything you need from the Panther drive. Once you're satisfied, you can then either retain the Panther volume as-is, using it as an alternate startup drive, or (preferably) you can instead erase it, zero it, and clone a copy of your Tiger volume to it as a backup and alternate startup drive.
Feel free to post back with any questions or concerns and one or more of the members will gladly address them.
Gary
1GHz DP G4 Quicksilver 2002, 400MHz B&W rev.2 G3, Mac SE30 Mac OS X (10.4.5) 5G iPod, Epson 2200 & R300 & LW Select 360 Printers, Epson 3200 Scanner

Optical drive problems after upgrade to Tiger 10.4.10

I've just had my machine updated to Tiger 10.4.10 after having two new hard drives installed after a hard drive failure. I'm now having issues with burning data for backup purposes.
I can't burn anything with Mac OS Disc Burner utility, it doesn't seem to recognize blank disc's DVD's or CD's. It keeps telling me to load a disc when one is already in the drive.
System profiler recognizes CD-R's & DVD-R's when they are in the optical drive
I can burn with Toast Titanium ver 6.0.3 DVD's & CD's. The burned CD's will mount. The burned DVD's will not mount.
I have checked the burned DVD's in the optical drive of my iBook G4 Mac OS 10.3.9 and they mount on it fine.
Movie DVD's will mount & play. Software DVD's will mount and load applications.
I have cleaned the drive with a cleaning disc.
The Optical Drive was working fine before the upgrade, so what is the problem?
I can only assume two problems now!
1.) the optical drive has a physical malfunction
2.) there is a software issue between Tiger 10.4.10 & this optical drive (this is my favorite at the moment)
The upgrade was done by an Apple Authorised Service Provider they say there are no issues with Tiger & the optical drive.
So any ideas or help would be much appreciated.
Machine Name: Power Mac G5
Machine Model: PowerMac7,2
CPU Type: PowerPC 970 (2.2)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 1.8 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 1.5 GB
Bus Speed: 900 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.1.5f0
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D:
Model: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D
Revision: A606
Serial Number: DBDL909690WL
Detachable Drive: No
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D:
Firmware Revision: A606
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2000 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: No

I'm having a similar problem. I bought my G5 with Panther OS on it a few years ago. The DVD drive functioned perfectly back then. Then I upgraded to Tiger this past year which caused the DVD drive to open later..that is, I'd have to hold down the eject button for a good 2 or 3 seconds before it would open or close. Previously it responded instantly. Now what happens more and more is it can't read DVD-ROM disks that it has burned. My imac G4 with Jaguar has no trouble reading the disks but Tiger 10.4.9 and 10.4.10 simply refuse to mount DVD ROM disks that it burned.
I'm trying to make a duplicate DVD of the offending disk on my single-processor G4 and then put THAT disk into the G5 so it can read the info. Hopefully that will be my work-around.
It's got to be a software issue and I keep hoping the Apple wiz kids will put out an update to remedy this. Something's fishy with the DVD drive programming.

I bought the wrong upgrade to Tiger disk

Recently I bought an iMac Mac OS Install 2 Disk set (gray color) with the following detail: Mac OS version 10.4.7, ANT Version 3A112, Disc Version, 1.0, #2Z691-5883-A. My iMac accepted the disk but when I tried to install the Tiger package it displayed a panic notice saying it was looking for a PowerPC disc 8.1 and would go no further. Obviously I made a boo boo here. What disk should I buy to upgrade to Tiger from 10.3.9, please? What kind of Mac would run the disk I wrongly bought?
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Jennell answered your question correctly.
The gray disks you have are OEM disks for another model. You need the full retail install disk.. You don't need to buy it from Apple but it does need to be either boxed as shown or have the Tiger "X" on the disk. As shown here.
OS X 10.5 Leopard is about to be released, so you may want to wait.
-mj
[email protected]

Upgrading to Tiger & HP AIO printer TIP

I just upgraded from Panther to Tiger, 10.4.3. After reading about all of the issues surrounding HP AIO printer issues and upgrading to Tiger here is what I did and my HP AIO 6110 works perfectly after the upgrade.
Before upgrading I did a complete clone of my old system to a FW HD. Ran TechToolPro. Deleted all existing HP AIO software. Rebooted my machine. Upgraded to Tiger and then ran Combo 10.4.3 updater. Used Printer Setup to set up the 6110 from the Tiger upgraded drivers. Printer worked just as under Panther with no issues. Installed all the HP 6110 software.
Scanning and Coping as well as Printing all work perfectly.
I'm not saying this will work for others but it did work for me.
Doug

Hello Again Ce Ann!
See My Reply, in your other related topic Upgrade Help... is my install disk good?.
ali b

Can only print one copy at a time in AppleWorks since upgrading to Tiger

Since upgrading to Tiger 10.4.3, (now using version10.4.6) and AppleWorks 6.2.9, I cannot print more than one copy of my document using either of my Epson printers, a R200 and a C86. I did not have this problem with Panther and AW 6.
Apple techs said to reinstalled AW, did not help. Then did a complete archive and reinstall of Tiger, no help, then created a new preference folder, no help.
I found by trial and error that my Grammarian spell and grammar program by Linguisoft uses an input method to be active in order to correct AW documents. I sent them an email and their reply was, this is a bug in Mac OS X 10.4.x (all versions as of Nov, 2005) Specifically, if an input method is active, you will be unable to edit the number of copies or page range values in the dialog versions of Print and Page Setup. This is not a problem in the sheet versions of Print and Page Setup.
Certain older applications still use these dialogs (i.e., AppleWorks) instead of the more appropriate sheet equivalents. To clarify the difference, the sheet versions are "attached" to the actual document you are printing (take a look at, say, TextEdit), while the dialog versions appear modally in front of all document windows in applications that use them.
I wrote a three page letter to Apple and received a call from them, it seems that for now no upgrades to correct this problem is in the works, so for now I will have to make my corrections to all documents that I am working on, then change the input method in Grammarian and print my copies, then go back and make Grammarian active again.
Any suggestions on how to resolve this problem or am I the only one?
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Hello DaisyMay,
You're quite welcome. Very glad to hear it helped!
Yet I'd like to mention the true ones of merit are the contributors of the original Japanese thread. I've just summarized and translated a bit.
Regarding why it takes so long to fix this bug/flaw, I suspect that it is because it won't affect the majority of American users who do not use input method at all, and besides, it seemingly affects only Carbon API, that Apple Computer Inc. is liable to neglect lately.
However, input method is a vital piece in CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) languages, and any other languages that use more than 256 characters, and also quite a few Carbon applications are still in service, so for us (Japanese, e.g.), this bug/flaw is quite unacceptable.
It's new for me to know a non-CJK program, Grammarian, uses input method. Now I understand you'd see this bug/flaw unacceptable as well!
At least one of the contributors of Japanese thread said he let Apple Computer Japan know this problem via official telephone support channel. Also other said that Ergosoft Corp., the maker of EGWord, stated that this is a known-issue of OSX10.4 and they can do nothing but wait for Apple to fix it. Ergosoft has been specialized to Macintosh platform since 1984, so it's quite unlikely they had not reported this problem to Apple via developer channel.
After all, I think Apple knows this problem, whether a bug or a flaw.
Well, possibly, it might not be sufficient for an end-user to point out the problem via Apple's telephone support channel...
In such case, you may try this form -
http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/
In my humble opinion, they should shortly fix this, and meanwhile they should promptly publish the user-proposed work-around methods as a Knowledge Base article.
Have beautiful May,
Hiroto
Mac OS 9.1.x

Upgraded to tiger, mail gets hung up on importing old messages.

I had my pwrbk tuned up and upgraded to Tiger. All files were swept onto a dvd for back up and just plopped back on again after the install. When I click on mail to 'mail' it wants to import my "existing Mail messages into the new version"... so I 'continue' as it requests and (sighhh) it procedes to import (sighhh) my 4500 or so (who's counting) messages. It gets hung up on #1363 (which I believe is in the 'sent' folder) and the time remaining keeps increasing...- I mean - I gave it a chance - the battery (brand spank me new) ran all the way down AND we plugged it in too ... it happens every time. How to bypass this import without deleting all my old emails and just excise the offending hanger-upper?

The conversion from Mail 1.x to Mail 2.x is broken. Even if Mail didn’t freeze while importing, there is no guarantee that it would import the old mailboxes successfully. Take a look at the following thread for an example:
Just upgraded, Most of my old Inbox is gone!
You could apply the procedure described there to the mailboxes that Mail appears to be choking on. Alternatively, you could move the entire account folder out of ~/Library/Mail/ (to the Desktop) and manually import its mailboxes afterwards as Other.

Upgrading to Tiger Installer problems

Ok, thanks in advance for giving a glance, and, Happiest of Holidays.
I did search and still doesn't fit my situation...
Upgrading to Tiger-retail box from OWC. I use an external partinioned 200g firewire drive as a B/U and bootable OS/software tester before installing on the Pismo. The drive has 10G space available on the bootable OS partion.
Start the Tiger DVD installer it begins and after installing Base System part 1 and moving to Running Installer Script the process stalls; doesn't crash - just stops: The FW drive stops blinking and the DVD stops spinning....
OK maybe i overlooked something etc... Have to erase the OS partition; clone 10.3.9 from the pismo to it and start again. This time do all the checks: Run disk utility, Tiger cache cleaner etc... all works well, even boot and work on the drive for a few days. Start the upgrade process again, stalls at the exact same place. I want to run Tiger on the FW drive prior to the Pismo to check it out and i don't relish the thought of having to start from scratch if problems occur installing on the Pismo....
This time i printed the log file which i include below.
I called OWC tech dept. - they said i probably don't have enough disk space for the process... the process told me it only required 3.5G. They didn't offer any further knowledge.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
Peace
Dec 13 22:43:29 localhost : kern.boottime = Wed Dec 13 22:42:35 2006
Dec 13 22:43:34 localhost : Launching the Language Chooser for an OS Install
Dec 13 22:43:47 localhost : Found primary language hint "en"
Dec 13 22:43:48 localhost : Language Chooser ready
Dec 13 22:43:54 localhost : Launching the Installer using language code "English"
Dec 13 22:43:54 localhost : @(#)PROGRAM:Install PROJECT:Install-115 DEVELOPER:root BUILT:Mar 24 2005 19:49:35
Dec 13 22:43:54 localhost : @(#)PROGRAM:Installer PROJECT:Installer-83 DEVELOPER:root BUILT:Mar 22 2005 20:32:47
Dec 13 22:43:54 localhost : Hardware: PowerBook3,1 @ 550 MHz, 1024 MB
Dec 13 22:43:54 localhost : Running OS Build: 8A428
Dec 13 22:43:55 localhost : It took 0.069497 seconds to parse the distribution script "OSInstall.dist"
Dec 13 22:43:55 localhost : Mac OS X Installation Log
Dec 13 22:43:55 localhost : Opened from: /System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg
Dec 13 22:43:55 localhost : It took 0.593482 seconds to load 8 UI sections
Dec 13 22:43:56 localhost : Entering Introduction section
Dec 13 22:43:56 localhost : Physical Memory Allocation: 67 MB wired, 59 MB active, 50 MB inactive, 176 MB used, 846 MB free, 1024 MB total
Dec 13 22:43:56 localhost : It took 0.066549 seconds to -[IFDistXMLDocument readAndValidateDocument]
Dec 13 22:43:56 localhost : It took 1.870348 seconds to finish launching.
Dec 13 22:43:56 localhost : It took 0.070562 seconds to perform the Installation Check
Dec 13 22:43:56 localhost : Installation checks completed successfully.
Dec 13 22:43:59 localhost : It took 4.862299 seconds to do the initial process of the targets
Dec 13 22:44:03 localhost : It took 0.001109 seconds to perform a Volume Check on "NOWHERE"
Dec 13 22:44:03 localhost : It took 5.568710 seconds to process the volume "NOWHERE"
Dec 13 22:44:04 localhost : It took 0.000808 seconds to perform a Volume Check on "OmLaMeWaNuRa"
Dec 13 22:44:04 localhost : It took 0.219841 seconds to process the volume "OmLaMeWaNuRa"
Dec 13 22:44:04 localhost : Entering License section
Dec 13 22:44:04 localhost : Physical Memory Allocation: 69 MB wired, 60 MB active, 56 MB inactive, 185 MB used, 838 MB free, 1024 MB total
Dec 13 22:44:05 localhost : It took 0.001021 seconds to perform a Volume Check on "OSX B/U"
Dec 13 22:44:05 localhost : It took 1.704675 seconds to process the volume "OSX B/U"
Dec 13 22:44:06 localhost : It took 0.000793 seconds to perform a Volume Check on "Exploration"
Dec 13 22:44:06 localhost : It took 0.221947 seconds to process the volume "Exploration"
Dec 13 22:44:09 localhost : Entering Select Destination section
Dec 13 22:44:09 localhost : Physical Memory Allocation: 70 MB wired, 60 MB active, 58 MB inactive, 188 MB used, 835 MB free, 1024 MB total
Dec 13 22:44:23 localhost : Entering Installation Type section
Dec 13 22:44:23 localhost : Physical Memory Allocation: 70 MB wired, 61 MB active, 60 MB inactive, 191 MB used, 831 MB free, 1024 MB total
Dec 13 22:45:06 localhost : Entering Installation Type section
Dec 13 22:45:06 localhost : Physical Memory Allocation: 70 MB wired, 61 MB active, 61 MB inactive, 192 MB used, 830 MB free, 1024 MB total
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : admin auth received to install
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : =============================================================================== =
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : User picked Custom Install
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : Choices selected for installation:
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : Upgrade: "Mac OS X"
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : Upgrade: "Essential System Software"
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : BaseSystem.pkg : com.apple.pkg.BaseSystem : 10.4.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : Essentials.pkg : com.apple.pkg.Essentials : 10.4.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : BSD.pkg : com.apple.pkg.BSD : 10.4.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : AdditionalEssentials.pkg : com.apple.pkg.AdditionalEssentials : 10.4.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : AdditionalSpeechVoices.pkg : com.apple.pkg.AdditionalSpeechVoices : 10.4.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : AsianLanguagesSupport.pkg : com.apple.pkg.AsianLanguagesSupport : 10.4.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : MediaFiles.pkg : com.apple.pkg.MediaFiles : 10.4.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : MigrationAssistant.pkg : com.apple.pkg.MigrationAssistant : 10.4.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : Mail.pkg : com.apple.pkg.Mail : 2.0.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : AddressBook.pkg : com.apple.pkg.AddressBook : 4.0.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : iCal.pkg : com.apple.pkg.iCal : 2.0.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : Automator.pkg : com.apple.pkg.Automator : 1.0.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : iTunes.pkg : com.apple.pkg.iTunes : 4.7.1.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : iChat.pkg : com.apple.pkg.iChat : 3.0.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : Java.pkg : com.apple.pkg.Java : 10.4.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : Safari.pkg : com.apple.pkg.Safari : 2.0.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : OxfordDictionaries.pkg : com.apple.pkg.OxfordDictionaries : 10.4.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : Upgrade: "Printer Drivers"
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : Install: "Brother Printer Drivers"
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : BrotherPrinterDrivers.pkg : com.apple.pkg.BrotherPrinterDrivers : 10.4.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : Upgrade: "Canon Printer Drivers"
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : CanonPrinterDrivers.pkg : com.apple.pkg.CanonPrinterDrivers : 10.4.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : Install: "Electronics For Imaging Printer Drivers"
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : ElectronicsForImagingPrinterDrivers.pkg : com.apple.pkg.ElectronicsForImagingPrinterDrivers : 10.4.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : Install: "EPSON Printer Drivers"
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : EpsonPrinterDrivers.pkg : com.apple.pkg.EpsonPrinterDrivers : 10.4.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : Upgrade: "Hewlett-Packard Printer Drivers"
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : HewlettPackardPrinterDrivers.pkg : com.apple.pkg.HewlettPackardPrinterDrivers : 10.4.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : Upgrade: "Lexmark Printer Drivers"
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : LexmarkPrinterDrivers.pkg : com.apple.pkg.LexmarkPrinterDrivers : 10.4.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : Upgrade: "Gimp Printer Drivers"
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : GimpPrintPrinterDrivers.pkg : com.apple.pkg.GimpPrintPrinterDrivers : 10.4.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : Install: "Ricoh Printer Drivers"
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : RicohPrinterDrivers.pkg : com.apple.pkg.RicohPrinterDrivers : 10.4.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : Install: "Xerox Printer Drivers"
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : XeroxPrinterDrivers.pkg : com.apple.pkg.XeroxPrinterDrivers : 10.4.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : Install: "Additional Fonts"
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : AdditionalFonts.pkg : com.apple.pkg.AdditionalFonts : 10.4.0.1470000.1622
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : =============================================================================== =
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : It took 0.019065 seconds to summarize the package selections.
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : Entering Install section
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : Physical Memory Allocation: 70 MB wired, 61 MB active, 61 MB inactive, 192 MB used, 830 MB free, 1024 MB total
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : Package mounted from disk2s3
Dec 13 22:45:54 localhost : Starting media verification
Dec 13 22:58:47 localhost : Verified 2139488256 of 2832207872 bytes (75%)
Dec 13 22:58:47 localhost : Finished media verification
Dec 13 22:59:15 localhost : Starting installation:
Dec 13 22:59:15 localhost : Preparing volume "OSX B:U" for installation
Dec 13 22:59:15 localhost : Performing volume consistency check on OSX B:U
Dec 13 22:59:17 localhost : Checking Volume
Dec 13 22:59:17 localhost : Checking HFS Plus volume.
Dec 13 22:59:17 localhost : Checking Extents Overflow file.
Dec 13 22:59:17 localhost : Checking Catalog file.
Dec 13 22:59:28 localhost : Checking multi-linked files.
Dec 13 22:59:28 localhost : Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Dec 13 22:59:41 localhost : Checking volume bitmap.
Dec 13 22:59:41 localhost : Checking volume information.
Dec 13 22:59:41 localhost : Dec 13 22:59:41 localhost : The volume OSX B/U appears to be OK.
Dec 13 22:59:41 localhost : Mounting Disk
Dec 13 22:59:42 localhost : Volume passed consistency checks.
Dec 13 22:59:42 localhost : Configuring volume "OSX B:U"
Dec 13 22:59:42 localhost : Preparing Disk for OS Install
Dec 13 22:59:43 localhost : Volume disk1s10 mounted at /Volumes/OSX B:U is ready
Dec 13 22:59:43 localhost : Activating Virtual Memory backing store
Dec 13 22:59:44 localhost : Create temporary directory "/Volumes/OSX B:U/OSInstall.mpkg.108bY7sfm"
Dec 13 22:59:44 localhost : run preflight script for Mac OS X
Dec 13 22:59:44 localhost : run preflight script for Base System Part 1
Dec 13 22:59:44 localhost : run preflight script for Essentials
Dec 13 22:59:45 localhost : run preflight script for BSD Subsystem
Dec 13 22:59:47 localhost : run preflight script for Additional Essentials
Dec 13 22:59:50 localhost : run preflight script for Migration Assistant
Dec 13 22:59:51 localhost : run preflight script for iTunes
Dec 13 22:59:51 localhost : Assembling temporary receipt for Mac OS X
Dec 13 22:59:57 localhost : Processing Base System Part 1:
Dec 13 22:59:57 localhost : Initialize patching
Dec 13 22:59:57 localhost : Determining files to install
Dec 13 23:00:07 localhost : Evaluating versions of bundles
Dec 13 23:00:07 localhost : Evaluating custom file version checking
Dec 13 23:00:07 localhost : Configuring deferred files
Dec 13 23:00:07 localhost : Determing obsolete files
Dec 13 23:00:08 localhost : Assembling temporary receipt
Dec 13 23:00:10 localhost : Performing pre-extraction actions
Dec 13 23:00:14 localhost : run preupgrade script for Base System Part 1
Dec 13 23:00:16 localhost /System/Installation/Packages/BaseSystem.pkg/../OSInstall.mpkg/Contents/Resourc es/ConfMigrator: Swapping the following user-modified file: /Volumes/OSX B:U/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist
Dec 13 23:00:16 localhost /System/Installation/Packages/BaseSystem.pkg/../OSInstall.mpkg/Contents/Resourc es/ConfMigrator: Swapping the following user-modified file: /Volumes/OSX B:U/private/etc/hostconfig
Dec 13 23:00:16 localhost /System/Installation/Packages/BaseSystem.pkg/../OSInstall.mpkg/Contents/Resourc es/ConfMigrator: Swapping the following user-modified file: /Volumes/OSX B:U/private/etc/xinetd.d/ftp
Dec 13 23:00:16 localhost : Removing obsoleted files
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Removing all languages from /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/NIInterface.framework/Versions/B/Resourc es
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Not removing /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework/Versions/A/Resour ces/MultiCDInstaller.app/Contents/Resources/zh_TW.lproj because it is not empty.
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Not removing /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework/Versions/A/Resour ces/MultiCDInstaller.app/Contents/Resources/zh_CN.lproj because it is not empty.
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Not removing /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework/Versions/A/Resour ces/MultiCDInstaller.app/Contents/Resources/sv.lproj because it is not empty.
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Not removing /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework/Versions/A/Resour ces/MultiCDInstaller.app/Contents/Resources/pt.lproj because it is not empty.
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Not removing /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework/Versions/A/Resour ces/MultiCDInstaller.app/Contents/Resources/no.lproj because it is not empty.
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Not removing /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework/Versions/A/Resour ces/MultiCDInstaller.app/Contents/Resources/ko.lproj because it is not empty.
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Not removing /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework/Versions/A/Resour ces/MultiCDInstaller.app/Contents/Resources/fi.lproj because it is not empty.
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Not removing /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework/Versions/A/Resour ces/MultiCDInstaller.app/Contents/Resources/da.lproj because it is not empty.
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Not removing /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework/Versions/A/Resour ces/MultiCDInstaller.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj because it is not empty.
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Removing all languages from /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework/Versions/A/Resour ces/MultiCDInstaller.app/Contents/Resources/Batch.mpkg/Contents/Resources
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Not removing /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework/Versions/A/Resour ces/MultiCDInstaller.app/Contents/Resources because it is not empty.
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Not removing /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework/Versions/A/Resour ces/MultiCDInstaller.app/Contents because it is not empty.
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Not removing /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework/Versions/A/Resour ces/MultiCDInstaller.app because it is not empty.
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Removing all languages from /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework/Versions/A/Resour ces/Minstaller.app/Contents/Resources
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Removing all languages from /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework/Versions/A/Resour ces
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Not removing /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework/Versions/A/Resour ces because it is not empty.
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Not removing /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework/Versions/A because it is not empty.
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Not removing /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework/Versions because it is not empty.
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Not removing /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework because it is not empty.
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Removing all languages from /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskArbitration.framework/Versions/A/Res ources
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Not removing /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level because it is not empty.
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Not removing /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/Perl/5.8.1 because it is not empty.
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Removing all languages from /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Se archKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Removing all languages from /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/OS Services.framework/Versions/A/Resources/NSLPlugins/DS.bundle/Contents/Resources
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Removing all languages from /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/CoreServices/webdavfs.bundle/Contents/Resources
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Removing all languages from /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/CoreServices/SystemStarter/SystemStarterResources.bundle/R esources
Dec 13 23:00:17 localhost : Removing all languages from /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/CoreServices/SystemIcons.bundle/Contents/Resources
Dec 13 23:00:18 localhost : Not removing /Volumes/OSX B:U/./System/Library/Caches because it is not empty.
Dec 13 23:00:18 localhost : Removing all languages from /Volumes/OSX B:U/./Applications/Utilities/Installer.app/Contents/Resources/TargetSelect.bund le/Contents/Resources
Dec 13 23:00:18 localhost : Removing all languages from /Volumes/OSX B:U/./Applications/Utilities/Installer.app/Contents/Resources/Splash.bundle/Con tents/Resources
Dec 13 23:00:18 localhost : Removing all languages from /Volumes/OSX B:U/./Applications/Utilities/Installer.app/Contents/Resources/Progress.bundle/C ontents/Resources
Dec 13 23:00:18 localhost : Removing all languages from /Volumes/OSX B:U/./Applications/Utilities/Installer.app/Contents/Resources/FileLog.bundle/Co ntents/Resources
Dec 13 23:00:18 localhost : Removing all languages from /Volumes/OSX B:U/./Applications/Utilities/Installer.app/Contents/Resources/EasyCustom.bundle /Contents/Resources
Dec 13 23:00:18 localhost : Removing all languages from /Volumes/OSX B:U/./Applications/Utilities/Installer.app/Contents/Resources/Documents.bundle/ Contents/Resources
Dec 13 23:00:18 localhost : Removing all languages from /Volumes/OSX B:U/./Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app/Contents/PlugIns/RAID.dumodule/Contents/Resources
Dec 13 23:00:18 localhost : Creating destination path
Dec 13 23:00:18 localhost : Extracting files
Dec 13 23:05:04 localhost : 11079 files looked up in 0.76 seconds. 11016 files written in 285.63 seconds.
Dec 13 23:05:04 localhost : 337945 kilobytes installed.
Dec 13 23:05:04 localhost : run postupgrade script for Base System Part 1
Dec 13 23:05:05 localhost /System/Installation/Packages/BaseSystem.pkg/../OSInstall.mpkg/Contents/Resourc es/ConfMigrator: The following file was user-modified, and is the active version: /Volumes/OSX B:U/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist
Diffs should be re-integrated by the user from the .system_default-suffixed file
Dec 13 23:05:05 localhost /System/Installation/Packages/BaseSystem.pkg/../OSInstall.mpkg/Contents/Resourc es/ConfMigrator: The following file was user-modified, and is the active version: /Volumes/OSX B:U/private/etc/hostconfig
Diffs should be re-integrated by the user from the .system_default-suffixed file
Dec 13 23:05:05 localhost /System/Installation/Packages/BaseSystem.pkg/../OSInstall.mpkg/Contents/Resourc es/ConfMigrator: Package configuration or installation error: The following file was swapped before upgrading, but a new version was not installed: /Volumes/OSX B:U/private/etc/xinetd.d/ftp
The previous copy was successfully made the active version.
Dec 13 23:05:05 localhost : Performing post-extraction actions
Dec 13 23:05:05 localhost : SecAlternate system ("/Volumes/OSX B:U") returned 100079
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