On 10/5/03 11:11 AM, "JeffH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 16:35:06 -0700 >> From: Tom Meade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Giving up on Lombard OS X >> >> Well, it's got me beat. A dozen attempts and I've run out of tricks >> here. >> >> Install CD from caddy - OK, where will it hang this time? >> >> Install CD from G3 Beige via Target Disk Mode (SCSI) - runs for a >> while, freezes. >> >> Install, clean, one partition or two - no difference - install process >> even damages directory so OS 9 partition rendered unusable. >> >> Carbon Copy Cloner - OS X actually ran for a half hour - I was >> cheering - then it froze in networking - found it had overwritten >> other files and 150 other files exceeded boundaries. >> >> Thanks for listening, Listers. If anyone has another idea I'm willing >> to try. >> >> Thanks, Tom Meade >> Pacific Palisades, CA > > > Perhaps it's the drive. I have a 10GB IBM drive that I could never get > OSX installed onto, in either a Wallstreet or Lombard. The installer > would run for hours (even overnight!) and finally have a kernel panic. > I replaced the drive because it was too loud for me, and X installed on > the new 20GB drive in a matter of about 15 minutes. I now have that > 10GB in a firewire case, and X still won't install on it, no matter > which computer it's hooked up with. > > ----- > JSH > TiBook > I have a 20GB HD on a 333 Lombard and would like to install OSX, but have been told by experts that OSX would run painfully slow, much slower than 9.2, so I've given up on that idea. OSX on my desktop G3 B&W upgraded to G4 works like a dream, no problems at all, I love it.
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