On Jun 24, 2011, at 9:26 PM, skyking...@verizon.net wrote:
I'm trying to re-install OS X on my Beige G3 using XPostFacto. The hard drive I'm trying to install on is an 8.5 GB SCSI drive which I had previously installed 10.3 on and upgraded to 10.4.11 and ran for months with no problems until lately.
The built-in SCSI isn't such a good idea in comparison to the built-in ATA. The only advantage the SCSI has is lacking the 1st 8GB partition rule, and that's easy enough to bypass on the ATA using XPF's Helper Disk Boot Option. I think the SCSI is slower and more problematic in OS X than the ATA, but... it should work if necessary.
The computer reboots from the DVD drive with no problem, and installation proceeds normally from the first CD. But then the computer will not restart so that installation from CDs 2 and 3 can proceed. What's going on? Have I forgotten or overlooked something? How do I get this computer to complete the installation process?
You have to "install" the XPF extensions onto the newly installed OS X System software because the initial installation is "clean" or "vanilla". The easiest way to do this is boot OS 9.x and use XPF to "Install Everything" onto the newly installed OS X System, then use XPF to select the new System as the startup partition, and reboot. I'd also recommend setting the XPF Options to Input device:keyboard, Output device:monitor(or your Radeon card), and check the "verbose" flag.
Should restart and ask for the 2nd disc. If I were you I'd forget about Panther, and start over with Tiger. Tiger 10.4.11 runs fine, and is faster and MUCH better supported by current applications than Panther.
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