Wallstreet and os9

Hi all, i just got a PB G3 Wallstreet 233, and i had swapped out the HD and RAM, i go to boot up the OS 9 cd to install OS 9.0.1, and it says that i cant install when i try to start the macos install.app. Was wondering if there is any suggestions that can help me get os 9, so i can use xpostfacto to install tiger...thanks for the help in advance!!

Vilem,
I am a little unclear on two points:
- You mentioned using two 512MB memory modules; the Wallstreet (and also early iMac and Lombard) can run only a maximum of 512MB (2x256MB) plus the 256MB modules are a different architecture than generic 256s that meet all the specs. Here is one company that sells this specific memory:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/iBooks-PowerBooks/G3-Lombard/
- Since you have just purchased the Wallstreet, are you aware of the OSX partitioning requirement of HDs larger than 8GB on the Wallstreet?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106235
- You are apparently using a machine-specific OS9 CD since it is version 9.0.1 which was never a general-release version. In addition, since it is pre-OS 9.1, it will not boot the Wallstreet.
- If you want to install Tiger via XPostFacto, you can in fact install just Jag/10.2 or Panther/10.3, install XPostFacto, then install Tiger...no need to install 9.x if you have 10.2/.3 already installed.
"Runs on Mac OS 9.x or 10.2 through 10.4"
http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto/
I hope you have either Tiger CDs or a DVD-ROM drive for the Tiger DVD. I had neither so I installed 10.4 on my Wallstreet by removing the HD and using a FireWire enclosure connected to my iBook; you still need to install XPostFacto with Tiger since XPostFacto modifies some files so Tiger will boot.

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Wallstreet and Tiger: no OS X 8GB "limit", issues if 512MB RAM installation

Since I felt that I could improve the performance of my [Wallstreet with Tiger|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1390427&tstart=30], I decided to give a try to the break of the 8GB barrier as already reported in this forum so taking the occasion to substitute the 4200rpm 80GB disk with a 5400rpm one.
Again, acknowledgements to jpl, Tinkerman and others I do not recall for the helpful messages in the forum showing, if not else, that all this is possible. Unavoidable acknowledgements to the XPF developer too, of course.
I must admit that, while this time I was expecting a rapid installation after the method set out last time, actually I spent hours with any kind of issues of OS 9 either not installing or not booting even if from a disk cloned from the past working one. I was starting to think to some failed areas in the new disk but it appeared working in any other circumstance so eventually I realised that I was operating not only without the original CPU (Sonnet Crescendo 500MHz G4) but with 512MB of RAM and someone else already reported this as potential source of problems. Actually I realised it when, during one of the numerous serial attempts, the PowerBook remained with a black screen and suddenly produced the frightening "breaking glass sound", i.e. issues with the memory. Well, that was thrilling since I did not realise immediately what it was and I never heard it before...
So this time the method was the following:
- old disk removed from the Wallstreet and installed in a Firewire enclosure
- created three disk images on another recent PB G4 from the three partitions of the old disk (OS9, OS X, documents)
- new disk in FireWire enclosure, connected to the recent PB G4
- created two partitions in Utility Disk: 1GB HFS+, therestGB HFS+ Journaled
- installed new disk in Wallstreet
- reduced Wallstreet RAM to 256MB
- installed OS 9 from CD (and upgraded till 9.2.2) in the first 1GB partition together with XPF 4
- removed the disk and reinstalled in the FW enclosure
- cloned the old OS X disk image from the recent PB to the second big partition of the new disk
- reinstalled on the Wallstreet, started in OS 9, set XPF options as last time (Use Old NDRVs), boot in OS X
- copied all content of former third partition for documents in Documents
- restored the RAM to 512MB
Therefore the result is OS 9 in the first 1GB partition and OS X in the second 73GB and something partition. XPF mildly complained about the disk not having been formatted on OS 9 but setting OS 9 as helper was enough to satisfy it.
I am not 100% sure, say 95, but I have the feeling that, even after reducing the RAM to 256MB, the method to clone the old OS 9 partition to the new one did not work in the sense that the Wallstreet remained stuck at the question mark. Definitely it did not work with 512MB.
Summary (nothing new, just confirmations)
- OS X does not require to be installed in the first partition
- others (Tinkerman?) reported that this partition has to start in the first 8GB and not being included
- OS X partition can be more than 8GB
- watch out the RAM amount during installation (here it worked with 256MB but others reported 192 as maximum)
Hope this will help someone else.
Regards,
Giulio

Another installation procedure (still, similar to the previous one).
- reduce RAM to 256MB (some says 192 is better but now for me it was not feasible)
- with OS 9 CD: partition the disk,1GB/around 75GB, both HFS+ (there were few hiccups and I had to try more than once since the initialisation was failing and eventually I got a sort of ghost 5KB partition "for free")
- install OS 9 from CD to the 1GB partition
- update OS 9 to 9.2.2 through the installers
- mount disk in external enclosure connected to another system: initialise the around 75GB partition as HFS+ Journaled and cloned the old OS X partition to such partition (or install it for the ones that do not have such OS X partition ready)
- reinstall the disk into the Wallstreet and set up XPF (Use Old NDRVs); curious enough, here for the first time it said it could not boot from the second big OS X partition since it was "extending beyond the 8GB" or something similar still just choosing OS 9 as helper solved the issue
- restore the maximum RAM
- reboot in OS X
The OS 9 installation was done with the USB PCMCIA inserted and the USB mouse inserted in it. I do not know whether this was the solution (since also the previous time I selected all the USB additional extensions during OS 9 installation) but this time at the 9.1 update the mouse was recognised, not before, and it kept working since.
The Wallstreet just boots in OS X each and every time unless instructed to do differently through XPF.
The magnetic sensor issue still occasionally shows (apparently it needs "some time" or the Wallstreet just boots/wakes up nicely if just switched off or set to sleep). I will try to create some magnetic shield as already reported somewhere. Alternatively removing the two bays and waiting some five minutes or so does the trick.
What remains a bit unclear to me is the use of a magnet close to a hard disk, something I would consider the source of all evils if not properly done. I will study more, test and hopefully solve the issue.
Thanks,
Giulio

What is the best way to have access to OSX and OS9 from the same machine?

What is the best way to have access to OSX and OS9 from the same machine?
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Leopard and OS9

I have a Powerbook G4 on which I used to run OS10.3.2 and OS9 with no problems. I have since, regretfully, installed Leopard which has caused numerous problems, especially no longer being able to run any of my old software including Photoshop and Dreamweaver in OS9/Classic Mode ... Help! I would be v grateful for any advice out there on what to do...

Welcome to Apple Discussions ottos!
See my user tip here:
http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=-1&messageID=7116662
When you have 23,000 software packages of varying levels of testing and compatibility, you try to set a common framework for everyone to work with all operating systems. And when you have users demanding new features all the time to take advantage of technological advancements, some older technologies inevitably have to drop out to avoid software conflicts. I don't work for Apple, but used to be a computer programmer. And understand that no matter how hard you try, you always have some bugs. If you narrow down the framework to a common compatibility area, you can eliminate most bugs. Unfortunately that means those developers who can't afford to keep their software updated often have software that no longer is compatible. Really, you need to question the developers who won't develop for modern Mac operating systems if you are running into a need to run software on Mac OS 9. Those developers are 7 years out of date. No one is forcing you to upgrade. You need to determine what software titles and features you need from those titles are, and if they only work in certain operating systems, find alternatives that work in the one that is compatible with most of your needs. There are plenty.

Wallstreet and Tiger (a working setup)

For some reason my first lengthy post about the upgrade of my Wallstreet was removed so I will post it in (brief) parts since I am not sure where my mistake was supposed to be...
Many thanks to those ones among you who (unconsciously) provided me with help for such update. "jpl" and "Tinkerman" are the only names I can mention by heart but they are not alone.
Start configuration: PowerBook G3 Series Wallstreet Revision II, 233MHz, 512kB cache, 2GB, 192MB
Upgraded disk to 80GB and CPU to G4 (no brand names in case those were the culprit).
Partitioned the disk in three: 7.45GB for Mac OS X, 5GB for OS 9.2.2 and the rest for documents.
Initially it was running with Jaguar in the first partition, then I decided to move forward to Tiger.
Removed the disk from the Wallstreet and inserted in a FireWire enclosure.
Connected to another more recent PowerBook with Tiger, inserted the Tiger DVD and installed the system on the 7.45GB partition.
Remounted in the Wallstreet and booted in OS 9.2.2 (default choice when all power is removed).
Installed XPostfacto 4 and chosen the following option: everything unselected apart from "auto-boot?" and "Use old NDRVs".
Restarted... in Tiger!
MANY more options are possible and were tested but these appear to be (so far) perfectly working.
If this goes through, I will tell you about the rest and the details.
Regards,
Giulio

Sorry for the late reply. Great, I am glad that this time the message went through; I am still wondering why the first one was removed.
More info about my bulky update. Actually the complete list of the updates should be the following: 500MHz G4 CPU with 1MB cache, AC/sound card (on its way; I was tired of keeping soldering), left hinge, PRAM battery, DVD-ROM (in search for a PCMCIA decoder card), RAM up to 512MB, new battery, PCMCIA Wi-Fi card at 54Mbps, PCMCIA USB 2.0 card.
Definitely not a bad final setup for a 10 years old machine. Money-wise I suppose I went close as I would have got a Pismo in very good conditions (but without at least a new battery and a G4 CPU).
Among the possible factors affecting the installation of Tiger on Wallstreet, I read that somebody included the type and amount of RAM so I kept 192MB throughout the whole installation process, in case this may help.
The system appears surprisingly snappy (the G4 as well as the RAM playing a good role here, I suppose) and it has become, or better returned to be, a working machine.
And now the "issues" that show up with the original CPU as well as with the G4 one:
- the Debug menu in Safari was missing: after some day of surprise and confusion, I found this Terminal command that calls it back on duty: "defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu -bool YES"
- System Profiler can not distinguish the two RAM pieces and just sees the total amount: any explanation or solution?
- the Brightness slider in the System Preferences > Displays is missing: of course it can be solved through third party applications still... anybody knows how to make it appear?
- ADB mouse: if not connected from boot or if the PowerBook went on sleep, it becomes so slow to be unusable (apparently, according to Apple, it is normal for ADB devices but until Jaguar I always plugged it and unplugged it without any problem); anyway now an optical USB mouse is much better
- the "About this Mac" window does not show the serial number when clicking on the OS X version: any explanation or solution?
- coconutIdentityCard and coconutBattery give meaningless values: any explanation or solution?
- GoogleEarth (4.2.0205.5730) was not working and the Earth appeared as a white globe; then I saw that, enabling "Preferences > 3d View > Graphics mode > Use safe mode", it works although it is not blazing fast, of course
- Login window keyboard layout: this is somehow annoying since, whenever the login password is required (i.e. not the authentication window for, say, software install), the keyboard layout is not the system one (unless in a user change when the previous user had the Italian keyboard, in my case) but supposedly US International or alike thus password entering may become a challenge according to the characters involved; again: any explanation or solution?
- battery remaining time is/was missing (apparently this is also an issue with Pismo and Tiger): the percentage of charge is calculated but the time estimate remains always on "calculating..."; I discovered that there is a trick of substituting the "/System/Library/SystemConfiguration/PowerManagement.bundle" with a Panther or Jaguar version, repair permissions and reboot, still I am experiencing not reproducible misbehaviors with the battery management (including not recognizing or not charging the battery...) and I hope, but I am not sure, that the yet-to-arrive AC/sound card may solve them unless I got a defective battery: any better idea on how kicking it to work properly?
- I tried also Gimp and NeoOffice: roughly 30 seconds and one minute respectively to start but rather usable afterward
- some heavy graphic functions of the system are simplified, such as the "rotating cube" for the user change becoming a blue screen or simply the lack of the "stone in the water" effect in Dashboard; at the same time, Exposé is perfectly working as well as window effects
- Wi-Fi and USB 2.0 work perfectly
Well, that should be all. I would really appreciate additional comments... as well as explanations or solutions for the issues.
Regards,
Giulio

I have a Powerbook G3 Wallstreet and want to upgrade the Ram.

I recently bought an old Powerbook G3 Wallstreet. But it has some issues with booting up.
It doesn't boot up everytime... I can hear the start sound, but only sometimes the harddrive starts spinning.
So my idea was that maybe one ram module is broken...
But I don't know if the Ram I want to use is compatible with my Powerbook model.
There were 2 Ram modules installed:
And this is the one I want to insert. I took it out of an old Microsoft machine (gericom).
Maybe anyone can help me... or has an other solution for this booting problem.

The SO-DIMM that you want to use shouldn't cause any problems, even though it's the faster PC-133 SDRAM. It should downclock to your PowerBook's slower bus speed. Judging by the shadow (or lack thereof) under each memory module in your photos, the upper SO-DIMM is undoubtedly the original Apple-installed 4-chip, 64 MB module. The "Power Ram" appears to be a 16-chip, 128 MB module, while the Nanya is an 8-chip, 256 MB module. What this means is that each of these SO-DIMMs has a chip density that differs from the other two. The Power Ram's chips have the smallest density, the SEC's chips have slightly greater density, and the Nanya's chips have the greatest density. I always felt that optimal performance in those older Macs was achieved by attempting to match chip densities. I would never have used an original (8-chip) 32 MB DIMM with a newer (16-chip) 256 MB DIMM in one of my desktop or mini-tower G3s. While you'll have 64 or 128 MBs less of total memory installed, I'd prefer to use the Nanya SO-DIMM by itself. If you really need additional memory, you could install the original Apple (SEC) module, but I wouldn't.
As to whether a memory fault is causing the startup problem, I would be more inclined to think that the original (if it is) hard drive is becoming unreliable. A 15 year-old laptop drive has undoubtedly had a lot of use and in an enclosure that doesn't dissipate heat the way a fan-cooled desktop or mini-tower is capable of doing. When the PowerBook does manage to complete startup, how much installed memory is indicated when you select "About this Macintosh" from the Apple Menu — 192 MBs? If so, then both modules are detected and passed the Power-On Self-Test. If memory problems are detected during the POST, you should hear a beep or beeps at startup, indicating a problem.

Problems with a Powermac G4 and OS9

Hi I'm new to the forum and new to Macs so please excuse me if my questions seem a little dumb.
I've just obtained a PowerMac G4 with OS9 that used to belong to a school. The school wiped out all their work but I'm wondering if they've also wiped off something else as I'm having problems getting it to boot.
If I turn the machine on I get an Apple icon then about a minute later I get a prohibitive sign.
The only way to get the machine to boot is to put in the Install CD and power up while holding the 'C' key. Then the system boots up ok and I can abort the install.
My first guess was that perhaps it was trying to boot from a network, so I made sure that the hard drive was the drive to boot from. That made no difference so I ran a repair on the drive but that was to no avail.
Any ideas what the problem could be?
There doesn't seem to be any applications or anything worthwhile keeping on the machine so perhaps it may be easier to reload OS9, if that's the case will I need to input some sort of product key.(is that the correct phrase?)
Problem is I don't know my product key, is it possible to look into the system and find it?
Edit Forgot to mention I have the System Install and System Restore CD's that originally came with the machine.
Message was edited by: B0BA123

Hi, Bob -
From the info you have given, your machine is the G4 (AGP) model, the second model in the early G4 machine series (the first model was the G4 (PCI) machine).
Boot ROM version $0003.22f1
Yes, you should update the firmware before installing OSX. You can download the applicable updater from a link on this page -
Article #86117 - Firmware Updates
or directly from this page -
Article #120068 - G4 Firmware Update 4.2.8
Note that the machine must be booted to OS 9.1 or later (but not OSX) on a writeable local drive in order to install the firmware update. This means it must be booted using an OS 9.1, 9.2.1, or 9.2.2 which has been installed on the hard drive. In addition, the firmware updater itself must be on the same hard drive.
If OS 9 (9.1 or later) is currently available on the drive, you can use it to install the firmware update. If it is not, you will need to install it. The original disk set that came with that machine may have been for OS 8.6, but more commonly is for OS 9.0.x.
If the disk set you have is for OS 8.6, you will need to acquire the use of a retail OS 9.0.4 or later Install CD, install that and update it (via download updater) to OS 9.1.
If the disk set you got with it is for OS 9.0.x, install that and update it to OS 9.1 using the download update for OS 9.1. The updater for OS 9.1 is designed to install on top of any previous version of OS 9.
You can download the update for OS 9.1 from this page -
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Since your Software Install CD is in the International English version, be sure to download the OS 9.1 update in that same version; a different language version, such as North American English, will not install on top of the one you have.
In any case, once you have installed the firmware update you can wipe the drive to get rid of OS 9, and then install OSX. The installation of the firmware update changes some of the coding on one or more chips on the main logic board, and is not residual on the hard drive - wiping the hard drive will not undo a firmware update.
You can then install OSX.
Once the Boot Rom has been upgraded will the machine be able to take a straight OSX load or will it have to be OS9 and OSX ?
You can install OSX directly without needing to have OS 9 on there.
Built in memory 320Mb RAM
You have sufficient RAM for installing and using OSX 10.4.x. However, since OSX likes a lot of RAM, you should consider adding more RAM. I would recommend at least 256MB more; 512MB would be better. For reference, that machine can hold 2.0GB (2048MB) of RAM in the form of four 512MB modules.
Macs of the vintage of your machine can use only RAM designed for Macs - be sure the place you get it from is savvy to that. Things to look for from vendors of RAM - a no-cost return policy; and a lifetime warranty.
Suggestions re OSX:
Try to keep at least 5GB of drive capacity unused after OSX and programs have been installed, and documents created. OSX needs that space to use as a memory swap file, for use in its automatic on-the-fly defragmenting routines, and for other purposes.
You can reduce the amount of space the installation of OSX will need. Its default install will install all language versions of that version regardless of your intended usage. You can alter that via a Custom install, choosing only those languages (or just the one language) you will be using. This can reduce the drive space consumed by the installation considerably.
If in the future you find that you need additional drive space, you can replace the internal drive with a larger one; and/or add a second internal drive (that model is pre-equipped to accept a second internal drive); and/or add firewire drives as needed. The max drive size that will be recognized on the internal bus is 128GB; larger drives can be used, but only 128GB will be 'seen'. This 128GB limit does not apply to firewire drives, nor to USB drives (that machine's internal USB is v. 1.1; hence, USB hard drives are generally too slow for use other than as archiving volumes).
The G4 (AGP) model you have is one of the best models of the early G4s (the only better of those is probably the G4 (DA) model). If you find you need more speed, you can get processor upgrades for it from 3rd-party sources; as I recall, one such vendor offered a dual 1.8GHz processor upgrade for it (though this may have changed).

Mac-mini, Tiger, and OS9

I currently am running a G3/350 (blue and white) and want to upgrade to a Mac Mini (this will be a secondary computer - main one is an iMac G5). The problem is that the Apple store says the new Mini's ship with Tiger only. I have some software that runs only on OS9 that can't be upgraded to OSX.
So, if I get the Mini, can I load OS9 from Panther undeneath Tiger and continue running my exisitng software?

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Why would anyone need to get another copy of Mac OS 9 besides the copy that came with their computer? Every computer that Apple makes is still shipping with a copy of Mac OS 9. I suppose, if you've lost your original install disk(s), then you might need to do a search. AppleCare Support can get you a replacement set. If your Mac is out of warranty, you may be charged though.
If your computer shipped with a copy of Mac OS X up to version 10.1.5, your computer would have come with a separate Mac OS 9 install CD. These installs are almost all machine-specific.
If your computer shipped with Mac OS X 10.2 or later, you will have to install Mac OS 9 for "Classic" support from your install/restore disks whether or nor you computer can actually boot into OS 9.
The Mac mini and all the other Macs currently being shipped do not come with Mac OS 9 for Classic support installed by default. However, you can install it from your install/restore DVD.
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I'm using the following applications:
Server (OS 9):
http://www.redstonesoftware.com/vnc.html#OS9vnc
Client (OS X):
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/
I can not seem to see the OS9.2.2 G3 W/B from the Snow Leopard MacPro. By all the searching I've done, these two applications seemed highly recommended if one could not afford to purchase Apple Remote Desktop (WAAAAY too expensive)
I've set up file sharing as well and even then the two machine do not see each other. The Mac Pro will access the HD of the G3 after I tell it what IP address to go to, but it does not automatically see it like I see other computers on my network. So I have to wonder what I'm missing.
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Hi, Howab. When you erased the drive and reinstalled OS 10.3, you probably did so using a retail OS 10.3 installer disk set or a retail 10.3 upgrade set, neither of which contains or can reinstall any version of OS 9. Then perhaps you tried to reinstall OS 9.2.2 using an updater rather than a full installer disk. An updater requires some previous OS 9 version to be in place so it can be updated; the updater is not a full installer.
To reinstall OS 9 if you don't have the set of discs that came with your iMac, you will need to buy a retail OS 9.x installer CD (white with a big gold "9" on the label). Don't buy a gray OS 9 installer disc: those are all model-specific and unlikely to work on any model other than the one with which they were originally shipped.
Note that if your hard drive was erased without selecting the option to install OS 9 drivers on it, it will not be visible when you start the computer up from an OS 9 installer CD. In that case, there is no option but to erase it again, being sure to select that option when re-erasing it.

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there are good drivers based on the japan canon drivers ... but there only debian packages and i was not able to convert them with deb2targz
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drivers from : http://mambo.kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~takushi/
bjfilter-2.5 : http://mambo.kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~takush … 1_i386.deb
libcnbj-2.5 : http://mambo.kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~takush … 1_i386.deb
pstocanonbj : http://mambo.kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~takush … 1_i386.deb
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[johannes@Johannes Drucker]$ deb2targz *deb
deb2targz: converting 'bjfilter-2.5_1-1_i386.deb' ...
deb2targz: skipping section 'debian-binary'
deb2targz: skipping section 'control.tar.gz'
deb2targz: wrote 'bjfilter-2.5_1-1_i386.tar.gz'
deb2targz: converting 'libcnbj-2.5_0-1_i386.deb' ...
deb2targz: skipping section 'debian-binary'
deb2targz: skipping section 'control.tar.gz'
deb2targz: wrote 'libcnbj-2.5_0-1_i386.tar.gz'
deb2targz: converting 'pstocanonbj_3.3-1_i386.deb' ...
deb2targz: skipping section 'debian-binary'
deb2targz: skipping section 'control.tar.gz'
deb2targz: wrote 'pstocanonbj_3.3-1_i386.tar.gz'
than i tried installing using pacman :
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Password:
loading package data... load_pkg: missing package info file in bjfilter-2.5_1-1_i386.tar.gz
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New Apple keyboards and OS9

I notice that the current Apple keyboards sold by Apple stores say they require OSX 10.2.
Are there particular functions that won't work on OS9, or will the keyboards not function at all.
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iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Apparently it was only about the dedicated expose key which obviously won't do what it says in OS9. Information from Apple Store, Birmingham.

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Has anyone else running Tiger on a Wallstreet (with the aid of XPostFacto) been unable to install the 3 latest software updates, namely iTunes 7.1, QuickTime 7.1.5, and Tiger 10.4.9? I keep getting a message that none of the checked updates could be installed because an unknown error had occurred...

Something similar happened to me when I tried to upgrade from 10.2.8 to 10.4.1 on my Wallstreet. I took an alternate path since I have access to an iBook. I took the drive out and put it in a FireWire enclosure and used the iBook to install Tiger, then moved the drive back to the Wallstreet. That worked. I then ran XPostFacto4 and Software Update to update to 10.4.9 and the latest iTunes and QT. 10.4.9 runs on a Wallstreet if you can get it to install.
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I've bought my daughter a Wallstreet laptop to play around with ($5 on eBay). Anyway, I am going to upgrade the 2gb drive to a 10gb drive I have, can I install OS X on this laptop? I have Jaguar and Panther, do I need Xpostfacto for both or either of these? Thanks.
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Look at this similar post.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=693834&tstart=0
Cheers, Tom

WallStreet and serial devices...

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I am not certain if this should be posted here or in the Newton section - I can't for the life of me figure out why my Newton 2000U won't connect to my WallStreet's serial port. Every time I try to connect them I get the error message that the port is in use. I'm not skilled in the art of OS 9 at all - my other two Macs are both OS X. Could someone point me in the right direction as to what I should check to make sure it can and will work?
Thanks again for any help you can offer.
Scott Hoffman

scott,
I am not familiar with the Newton, but follow these instructions for freeing up the serial port by moving AppleTalk to another setting.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=24346

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