I had this problem with both my 7300/180 and my PB 1400/166 with a retail version of 9.1 that I bought and a copy of 8.5 that was 'left over' from my mother in law's old Bondi iMac. The only solution was to back up my data, initialize the drive and install the OS fresh. Worked! At least with OS 9.1. Didn't go back and try 8.5. I have no idea why neither of them wouldn't install as an upgrade to the existing OS. For the record both machines were running 8.1 previously.
Garry Hamblin Saskatoon, SK iMac Indigo 500 on OS X....yeah baby! On Tuesday, October 22, 2002, at 07:05 PM, Van Turner wrote: > I've been having this same problem with an 8500 for a couple of months > with > no solution offered. Retail box Mac OS 9.1 installs fine on my > Frankenmac > 7500 but refuses to install on a nearly factory 8500. Go figure. > I'm considering using the 8500 for target practice with a broadsword as > my > weapon of choice. . . > > -- > Power Macintosh 7500 > 450Mhz Sonnet G3 w/1MB BSC > 512MB RAM > 18GB hard drive > 4GB hard drive > 12x CD ROM > HP 12x8x32 CDRW > 8MB ATI Xclaim VR > 100Base-T ethernet > 2 port USB > Mac OS 9.1 > > > -- > > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:pci-powermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
