On Oct 19, 11:56 pm, lrbarrios <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 18, 2:40 am, Bill Connelly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Oct 18, 2009, at 3:35 AM, lrbarrios wrote: > > > > Well, my download is down. > > > I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks again for all of the great > > > input. > > > I'm interested in how Kris' idea goes. Sounds interesting. Good luck! > > As hopeful as it sounded, it still didn't work. Everything looks > great during the install. It progresses to 100% in about 15-20 > seconds and then says, "There were errors installing the software" at > the top of the Installer window and then "Please try installing > again," inside the window. It created a folder called > NetBootInstallation in the root of my drive. I don't have the rights > to open the folder, fortunately, I have the rights to delete it after > typing my admin password. Anyone know how to get into that folder and > see what secrets it holds? If not, back to the drawing board.
I'm so sorry everyone... I should have titled this thread "How difficult can I make things on myself." Simple solution (for my scenario) was this. I fired up my iMac G3 (Graphite run Tiger w/OS 9 Classic) in the kitchen (yes, I have an iMac in the kitchen -- don't you? Great for listening to music while cooking/cleaning, pulling up recipes and e-mail, and general on-the-spot Internet surfing.) Anyway, then I went to the G4 and did Go/Network. Attached to the root of the Graphite's hard drive. Dragged (copied) the 'System Folder' (which is the OS 9 System Folder) and the 'Applications (OS 9)' folders over to the root of my G4. 'Blessed' the System Folder (Google that). Rebooted. Started Classic. Everything is good. Ran some of the OS 9 apps. Works great. Life is great (again). Damn I love Macintosh! I live in an Windows world (I'm the IT guy for my company). I only wish Windows would be half as forgiving/ cooperative as this. Who ever thought you could simply drag a system folder to 'install' an OS? Not Windows people. That's for sure!! (P.S. If this didn't work, my next step was to copy the System Folder to an external drive. I was actually kinda surprised the network copy worked (hidden/system files and all).) Thanks everyone for your suggestions. Lonnie. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
