Hi Bill, After I backed up and then reformatted my hard drive, I found out that to get from Panther to OS 10.3.7, you have to progress up the ladder from one upgrade to the next. I didn't have all the upgrades but was able to download them from the apple site.
But, you probably know this...smile. Jane On Jan 14, 2005, at 9:08 AM, Ward Oldham wrote: > Hi Bill, > > Well, I may miss the mark on the exact nature of the error but in > doing so I will remind you of some of the basic guidelines followed > for problematic OS X installations should your problems continue. > > My guess on the error is you have installed in a pci slot an ATA-133 > controller for support of additional internal hard drives > (Ultra-Tek133P). ?This could be your problem child. ?I?m hopeful that > your primary boot drive is not attached to this card. > > I would proceed to temporarily remove it while you perform your > install and subsequent upgrades. ?For problematic OS X installs, it is > also recommended that you remove third party upgrades, both internal > and external. ?This will include RAM, extra video cards, miscellaneous > pci cards and unplug external usb and firewire devices. ?The general > theory is to ?simplify the equation?; reverting as much as possible to > the original stock factory configuration. > > Once you overcome your problem, I would be looking for firmware > updates for your pci ATA card as well. > > Good Luck! > Ward > > Ward Oldham, MacDude > MacTown > 1041 Bardstown Road > Louisville, KY ?40204 > 502-485-1243 > ward at mactown.us > http://www.mactown.us > > > > From: Bill Holt <billholt at iglou.com> > Reply-To: <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 03:11:40 -0500 > To: <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > Subject: MacGroup: installation advice > > Due to a peculiar form of stupidity which I've been working to perfect > for > some years now, I came to the decision that I needed to reinstall my > OSX > system. ?Bad move. > > I was originally running OS10.2.8 and now I'm stuck at 10.2, unable to > install the 10.2.8 upgrade. ?Here's what happens. ?I start the > installer > package, after a bit of gyrating it says, "There were errors > installing the > software. ?Please try installing again." ?It reminds me of the > "lather, > rinse, repeat" instructions because there seems to be no end in sight. > > In between attempts, I did have MacJanitor run the full set of > maintenance > processes to no effect. > > After indications that the volumes which are not eligible for > installation > were disabled, the installer's error log includes the following lines: > > > deactivate: removing all cells from _volumeMatrix > > Selected volume "OSX" > > Mounted at: / > > OpenFirmware: pci/Ultra-Tek133P+ at E/@0:6 > > Partition type: HFS+ > > Partition map: disk1s6 > > Partition: 6 > > Protocol: ATA > > Media Type: Generic > > Volume Size: 7863582720 > > Error detected > > Name: NSRangeException > > Reason: *** -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (0) beyond bounds (0) > > > > Keeping in mind the fact that I remember that I have the terminal > program on > this thing somewhere, but have no real handle on what to do with it, > I'd > appreciate any suggestions about what step to take next. > > TIA. > > ???Bill > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 8740 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050114/a5ff7fc8/attachment.bin
