On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 00:39 , Will S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent:
>> From: Phillip Meza [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 22:02:21 -0700 (MST) >> hello listers, Been awhile... I having alot of trouble maintaining >> "Panther" 10.3.3...... >Phil, I'm going to go out on a limb a bit. I'd say if you've ran the >various versions of OS 10.2 including 10.2.8 on your machine >successfully then your RAM is likely ok. Most if not all the weak and >bad RAM should already have been weeded out by now or you would already >have had RAM issues to deal with. > I installed Panther early as soon as it was possible on my Umax >machine. I had all sorts of problems. Mail was one of the apps that >didn't work correctly for me. Tried lots of fixes but things were never >quite right. Tried new fresh installs and different issues with >different installs and 10.3.2 introduced a new one disk Utilities >crashed at startup which meant I couldn't even open .dmg files to >install since Panther combines Disk copy and Utilities. >Here's how I got things to work for me. Fresh install of Panther . Run >Disk Warrior 2.1 from within OS 9.x or Disk Warrrior 3.0 or 3.1 by >booting from the CD using XPFacto 3.0a 13 plus (version 16 is current) >or i run from my Jaguar disk. Then use Norton's Speed disk to defrag >the drive. Be sure to use a version that is current enough. i use the >System works 3 in OS 9.x . I've found from the beginning of OSX >installs that it leaves the hard drive way fragmented in a major way >and Panthers problems are due to this fragmentation. It is true that >UNIX and thus OSX aren't as affected by fragmentation as OS 9 and older >but only true once you have a good non fragmented install. Once that >is done use the 10.3.3 combo update and skip the faulty 10.3.2 update >and don't use software update software for Mac OS updates. Seems to >work fine for non OS installs. Best of luck hope this helps. Will S Thank's Will, Let me get "specific" here its needed. The S900 thats giving me problems has never run with anything above OS 9.1 I have 2 machines operating via KVM. This one has RAM totaling about 910MBs from 3 different sources, OWC/128 (2), Velocity/128 (4) and unknown/64 (2) all appear to be FPM sticks, except the 64's I can't identify so I pulled. I've proceeded with several troubleshooting methods, including what you prescribed above Norton Version 6 specifically and DW 2.1 & 3.0.1. So with this in mind, is it memory? I've "moved and/or eliminated" sticks, doesn't matter OS9 wasn't as "picky" it seems? I actually started with using a different HD a smaller 20gig WD, 2 partions same problems. by the way these are connected via an Acard 6280 I'm back more notes... I pulled the WD with "panther" and installed it into my "Jaguar" box...its stable! this machine has an interleaved Gig of Ram. so it appears I have suspect RAM in the "original" box. Your thoughts (or anyone else) on a solution would be helpful here... as always greatful, Phil ---- Msg sent via Spymac Mail - http://www.spymac.com -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
