Phillip, I was having a lot of trouble installing OSX on my PM9600. I pulled ALL the PCI cards (used original video card) and it didn't work. However, when I put in the original processor card (I had an accelerator card), I was able to get the installation program to work. I installed it on my stock SCSI 4 gig drive (partitioned 1 gig to 9.1 and rest to OSX). I completely took the machine to "stock" mode in order for OSX to start the install process after rebooting with xpostfacto. The CD drive is also stock.
Try removing your XLR8 card and as many PCI cards as you can. Good Luck Norm >Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 19:41:48 -0500 >From: "Phillip L. Meza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Help with OSX install? > >Hello Listers, I'm trying to install OSX version 10.1 on my Umax S900 >and have failed over and over. I can't seem to figure what I'm doing >wrong. I'll try to give as much detail as I can...I am presently > >The message above started a pretty good thread that has died without answers for me. >SCSI termination sounded like one probable conclusion, but I did not hear if Phillip >ever found his problem and what it was. I felt as if many were not hearing what I >heard, which was that using XPostFacto Phillip was never able to get the OS X >installer to load on his hard drive, period. I empathize, as I too cannot get >XPostFacto to load on my PowerMac 7300. Should be able to. Many answers mis-id'ed the >problems as being unable to boot in OS X, when in fact he never got it loaded in >order to try to boot. Am I right here Phillip? > >I have a $200+ PowerMac 7300 (eBay) running OS 9.1 which I have upgraded over 8 >months with an XLR8 ZIFCarrier and Newer G4/400/1MB, new RAM to 896MB, an ACARD ATA >100/133, two Maxtor 7200 EIDE HDs (40GB master and 20GB slave), a TDK ATAPI 24/10/40x >VeloCD, and added VRAM to 4MB. I have no PCI video cards. To install the ATA HDs and >an ATAPI CD burner, I have removed all internal SCSI, both the original Apple 4GB (I >think) SCSI HD and CD-ROM. I have encountered no problems running 9.1. > >But, using XPostFacto, I cannot get OS X to install. Using the ATAPI TDK, I got a >broken folder. The TDK had not been bootable with OS 9 CDs, but had played well as a >straight CD-ROM with both digital and audio CDs, and burns with Toast 4/5 lite. I had >first suspected the OS 9 CDs with the TDK, but now believe the bootability is a drive >issue. So I have reinstalled the SCSI CD-ROM. It is bootable with OS 9 CDs. With >XPostFacto, it then gives me a happy face and a perpetual rainbow cursor, rotating, >but frozen in the upper left corner. Brittany suggested using verbose mode, which I >have tried and it freezes at the same point each time (I don't have the verbose data >here). > >Following Dan Knight's UnSupported list, I believe I may have created an internal >SCSI bus termination problem for myself by removing the SCSI HD and CD, which perhaps >XPostFacto cannot handle. Reading this thread makes me believe that I could install >OS X after putting the SCSI HD back in, but I don't want to go there. Before I bought >the 40GB, I ran the 20GB ATA with the 4GB SCSI HD. The ATA was obviously much faster, >so I moved OS 9.1 to the ATA and made it the boot and primary drive, and semi-retired >the SCSI in its installed location, waiting for another good deal on large capacity >ATA, recently completed. > >SOoo I have a quandry!! I think it is a waste to use a drive bay and a 4GB SCSI HD >purely as a termination block. I want a full ATA 7300 with OS X running, with my 60 >GB fast ATA capacity, and my ATAPI burner running in my final configuration. But I >know nothing about internal SCSI termination. What it the proper way? Is there a >low-cost internal termination block similar to external SCSI termination blocks, that >can be permanently installed at the end of the SCSI ribbon cable? Where can I get >such, and what specific part am I looking for? Or can the SCSI ribbon be detached >from the motherboard after the SCSI CD is no longer required, resulting in no need >for a terminal block? Or perhaps I have another problem here to chase after the SCSI >is properly terminated. > >Thanks in advance!! > >Steve Seiden > >-- >Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > >Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> >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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > >Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
