On 12 Sep 2005, at 14:48, Art Richard wrote:
Laurent,
Thanks for the suggestion. I reseated all of the PC board
connections inside my Powerbook, made sure the screws were tight
holding the heat shield against the CPU, and then put spacers under
the outside of the case and set-up a fan blowing air around and
under the unit to keep it cool. I then attempted to install OS X.
In several tries, it froze-up each time; the best was at 6 minutes
remaining on the installation. It appears that I really will
remain on OS-9.2, which has worked very well and never freezes-up.
Art Richard (St. Petersburg, FL)
I know this is probably not going to be helpful for getting X on the
WS; however, I had a similar problem installing X on a B/W. I tried
and tried and tried and tried. I swapped memory and tried a number
of things that didn't work. Then I gave up. One day a FEW months
later--about seven--I gave it a try. And lo! it installed without a
hitch. I have no clue why after so many months it allowed the
installation.
I guess the point is that you can try all the freakin' tech stuff
that should allow you to do what you know you should be able to do on
the machine, but the machine sometimes decides when it will do it. ;-)
Serious suggestion: try a different HD. I had a WS--a 4 GB
original--that would do the same thing when I was installing X.2. I
bought a new HD--a 20 GB--and partitioned it per the specs and--
voilá!--it installed without a hitch. Also, I have had terrible luck
installing and working with X.2 on a WS. X.3 has proven flawless.
Jim Sanderson
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