My advise: Perhaps xpostfacto 2.2.1 is better than 2.2.4 for 10.2, at least on my 7500/G3. Have enough space on your HD (3-4gb). Avoid updating from previous versions of OS X if you can. If you must update, be certain to select the "install additional applications" in the installer, or be prepared to have bad results. Install the 9-20-02 Security Update before updating. Use Software Update to install 10.2.1, Installer is bad.
My experience: I've just completed two installs of 10.2. The first was using xpostfacto 2.2.1 and was a clean install on a fresh HD. It went flawlessly, about an hour, with no need to unhook external SCSI or rearrange dimm, etc. A joy. The second was an upgrade of 10.1.5 on the same computer but different drive using xpostfacto 2.2.4. (2.2.2 & 2.2.3 had caused panic and wouldn't work). The first thing I noticed was that 2.2.4 booted in verbose mode even though it was not selected. Next, the installation seemed much longer, but I thought this was due to the limited space on the HD. Because of the limited space, I deselected the install "additional applications" which was a single large package with no individual selection options. When it finished, several files generated "security warning" errors and gave me the choice: disable, use, or fix & use. I chose fix & use, although I had little idea of what the files did or whether this was the correct choice. Then I went to upgrade to 10.2.1 using the download instead of Software Update. The Installer when through the legal and drive selection fine, but stalled hard at the "Install" button. I found an Apple knowledge base article that mentions this behavior, and recommends using the "stand alone" installer, but a search yielded nothing, and I assuimed I was already using the "stand alone" Installer as opposed to Software Update. During the search, I found a second article that said upgrades with the "additional applications" deselected (not installed) will corrupt many installed applications, and mentions how Acrobat Reader will be converted to a folder that won't launch. Sure enough, my Reader was dead folder, and several app's icons and folders disappeared completely (Explorer was one). I don't know OS X stuff, but everything was crawling slow, and I thought the L2 cache was disabled. I had L2cacheconfig. in my startup items of 10.1.5, but it appeared not to work in 10.2. I decided to install the Powerlogix Cache Control using their Terminal install instructions (they say the Apple Installer is buggy). When I went to Terminal, it wouldn't install. It was in tcsh instead of sh? (I don't know this shell stuff, it said tcsh and wouldn't install). I decided the upgrade was screwy and had gone bad. Thus, I was "forced" to reinstall the upgrade over itself, this time leaving the "additional applications" to be installed. On the small 1.5gb partition, this took forever. On the first upgrade, there was no time remaining function to see, just the progress bar. This time, it said 1 hour 37 minutes to start. then went up some, but within 30 minutes appeared 90% finished, and said 2 minutes left. When it got to "less than 1 minute" I looked at my watch and thought, "this is quick." 37 minutes later it finished! It said less than 1 minute for 37 minutes! Then came the optimization. 1% at a time, very, very slow. It took probably 2 1/2 hours total? This time, no "security" problems with files (but perhaps this was because I chose "fix & use" the first time.) I go to 10.2.1 installer and it stalls again at the same place. I'm so frustrated I go to software update, and see that a 9-20-02 Security update. It might have been the problem? At least it finally works, and 10.2.1 is installed. I hit Terminal and see it's in sh, and install the Powerlogix Cache Control (after removing all the remaining L2cacheconfig. files) and it works. Up and running at speed. Total time around 6 hours, very frustrating. Night & Day, Kris Tilford ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
