On Dec 2, 2008, at 11:14 PM, mlitwin wrote: > When I decided to reinstall 9,I erased the disk with 10.3 on > it and installed 9.0. That was the only way I could get 9.0 back. 9.0 > was successfully installed.Then I tried to install 10.3 > unsucessfully. The error occurred when I rebooted after "installing > " or trying to install 10.3. > It doesn't matter if I put 10.3 or 9.1 in,I still get the > panic error. I never get to the option of erasing a disc or > installing 9.
> If I put any cd in,I get the panic error. it's almost as if > the data error is making the cd drive not recognize the cd. OK. It appears you've installed OS 9.0 successfully and it boots? If so, go to Apple Menu>Apple System Profiler and check the firmware revision. If it's v.1.1, you're OK. If no, upgrade. Also, if your G3 has the OEM CD-ROM unit some of the G3 Macs of this era had a rare model of CD-ROM with flash firmware (not common for CD- ROMs) and this one specific CD-ROM has issues that can keep it from booting correctly without a firmware update. The only way to tell if your unit needs this update is to download the update and try it. If your unit needs it, it will run, and if it doesn't need it, it will tell you it doesn't. This update was written when OS 8.6 was the newest OS, so when you run it in OS 9.x it will give a warning that you can ignore. See this: <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=24714> If your optical unit isn't OEM, you should also check the firmware, but it's unlikely you'd be able to update it in a Mac. Most optical drives require a PC to update the firmware with some exceptions. As for the "panic" error when booting from CD, (I assume you're holding the "C" key to boot from CD?), I don't really know why you'd be getting a "panic" or what you're calling a "data error" with both an OS X CD and an OS 9.1 CD. This doesn't sound like a software issue. If the firmware is fine on both the Mac and the optical unit, the most likely cause would be a bad RAM module. Since you've installed OS 9 from CD, this seems strange, so I have to admit I'm not certain what's going on, but whatever it is, you need to start from the ground up, and that means, check the firmware first, then RAM modules (perhaps reseat them, and/or remove one, remembering you'll need a minimum of about 192MB just to install OS 10.3, but you should be able to install OS 9.x with almost any amount down to 16MB or perhaps less. You may be able to install earlier OS X with as little as 128MB, but honestly, you need a minimum of 256MB for any reasonable speed in OS X, and the full 768MB would be best, with 512MB a happy compromise. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
