on 10/22/02 6:22 AM, Steve Hardy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can you tell me what the symptom was when you were unable to install it > with the CD that wouldn't work? I tried to do an install on a machine, > and couldn't get past the reboot into the installer. The screen stayed > dark. The monitor appeared to be asleep actually, and nothing else > happened. This was on Power Computing Power Tower 166 with a 200 mHz > processor in it. I guess it's based on the Catalyst motherboard. Maybe > there's some issues with that board ? A while back somebody posted > something about doing this with similar machines here even tho this is > the Supermac list, but I've been unable to find it.
There are some issues that are unique to the Power Tower machines, but a black screen would seem to indicate an unsupported video card. On our UMAX machines we generally had to have the original TwinTurbo video card for an OS X install, and after a successful install and reboot we could replace the TwinTurbo with an ATI card, and it would work. Now, with OS X 10.2 many ATI cards work for the installation process instead of just after the install was completed. My Pioneer CDROM, when it failed, would boot the X install CD, and the installation would appear to begin, but it would never complete. Even after a couple of hours it would just sit there stalled. The installation, with a supported CD, drive doesn't take hours... More like 30 minutes or less as I recall, and that was with a slow Yamaha 4x8 CDr. Keep in mind that the whole exercise can be not worth the bother if a slow processor is involved. An older 604, or a slow G3, will likely not provide a satisfactory OS X experience. A G3/300 or better would be my recommendation, and at least 192 mb RAM too, preferably much more. -Howie -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:supermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:supermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:supermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
