Paul, it sounds like y'all have discussed this before so I apologize if you've already gone over this.
But, you do realize that in order to upgrade your OS you have to insert the disc, click on the installer and then the machine has to reboot before the upgrade can take place right? What happens after the reboot? On 2/26/07, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've tried two disks and two drives, so I'd say the odds are that > neither is the problem. And of course my drives work fine for > everything else. I just wrote a CD for a photo client. No problem. I > did talk to Godders about this a while back, but I'm sure he'll pick up > on it again. I'll try MacFixIt.com. That sounds like a good resource. I > think unplugging peripheral drives and removing cards might help as > well. Two CD drives might confuse things. And I have an ancient SCSI > card in one slot. (I need it to read photo files that I once put on > ZIP disks.) > Paul > On Feb 26, 2007, at 7:32 AM, Cotty wrote: > > > On 26/2/07, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >> Yes, I've done that several times, and I've opened up a lot of room on > >> my startup drive. I'll probably figure it out, but I'm ticked off > >> about > >> Apple's lack of support for their own software. > > > > It seems strange - I've seen (as I'm sure you have) plenty of occasions > > where disks have refused to mount with either the disk or the drive > > being at fault. Two drives would be exceptional, but not unheard of. > > The > > computer seems okay otherwise? Drop Godders a line, I'm sure he'll help > > out, even if it just stirs a train of thought into action. > > > > I don't think I've ever used Apple's own support, but that's probably > > because I've mostly bought used Macs. If I have a problem, I find the > > answer on MacFixIt.com forums which is the best online repository I > > have > > found. > > > > I guess also I have an inbuilt distrust of official helplines etc. I > > much prefer to do my own research than have somebody quote chapter and > > verse at me in a patronising way ;-) > > > > -- > > > > > > Cheers, > > Cotty > > > > > > ___/\__ > > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > > _____________________________ > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- ~Nick Wright http://blog.phojonick.com/ http://www.phojonick.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
