How much memory do you have installed on the 1400? Because irregardless
of the G3 upgrade the 1400 should run 8.6 without any issues. Unless you
have I believe less than 24megs of ram.
Another work around might be to use Wish I Were, or Was.. I have a .sit
of it around here somewhere if you can't Google it..
It allows you to fool the software into thinking you have a diffrent
computer than you really do.. So say run the program. Put in the id that
would id the 1400 as a 3400 persay, restart with the install cd and is
should install without any trouble... I used it to install 9.2.2 on an 8600
and 4400/200. ( Though I don't recommend 9.2.2 on a 4400!)
nathan
Hotel -Tango - Hotel
on 2/8/04 8:33 PM, Andrew Kershaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> In any case, in order to get 8.6 to properly install I seem to remember that
>> there is an extension that must be loaded first, otherwise the installer
>> choked. It came with the upgrade card. You can make a custom 8.6
>> boot disk that
>> has that extension on it, then fire up the installer.
>
> The card is a complete CPU replacement, and it doesn't need any
> drivers to function enough to run the computer. The extensions just
> activate some of the G3's features (like the cache).
>
> I don't know the answer to the original question (why the installer
> fails), but I'd wager that Hugo is right about the disk being machine
> specific.
>
> But here's the thing. This topic comes up all the time - the Sonnet
> extensions for the G3 upgrade and Mac OS 8.6 don't get along. They
> work OK for some people, but not for everyone. Even Sonnet
> recommends NOT running 8.6 with their extensions.
>
> Search the archive for more.
>
> If this list had a FAQ, this topic would be in it.... ;-)
>
> Peace,
> Drew
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