Follow-up. Upgrade complete - the hard (long) way - and all seems well. Had some problems with printers and Logitech wireless keyboard/mouse, but they are/should be resolved with a simple reinstall.
For anyone else needing to move their Users from Jag (10.2.8) to Panther (10.3.5), Apple provides the process (!). See: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106941 See in particular section III Restore, part C. After a manual backup. Thanks to everyone who offered their suggestions. Frank On Sun, 29 Aug 2004, Frank P. Eigler wrote: > Apologies if this is in the FAQ, but the site seems inaccessible at the > moment. > > I'm finally taking the plunge and upgrading from 10.2.8 to 10.3.5 > System: G4 AGP (Sawtooth) 500MHz 1GB RAM > > Did a backup with CCC. > > Problem: Both "Upgrade" and "Archive and Install" proceed fine, but when > re-booting (immediately after install) into Panther it stalls. The > spinning wheel (? not beachball) just keeps going. I left it overnight and > it was the same this morning. I've repeated this twice with each. > > Erase and install works fine. > > So, two questions: > > 1. Can I Archive and Install? Upgrade? (not preferred as I've been wanting > to do a clean install for a while). What's up? > > 2. If I can't do that, what's the best method of transferring all the > user and network info over from the backup to Panther? > > Thx. > > -- Non Illegitimi Carborundum -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
