I have failed (again)... |
September, 15, 2002 11:31 PM |
mbedford |
I tried installing 10.2 on two different 7300s--one was an extra unit with 2 gig drive, XLR8 G3 upgrade, no PCI cards, no peripherals. On this Mac I seem to have booted into OS-X, but all I could see was the very top sliver of the Dock at the bottom of the screen and a weirdly striped desktop picture (which I posted here before the forum got wiped). Tonight I got brave and tried installing on my main system (7300, XLR8 G3, freshly formatted extra 4-gig SCSI drive at ID 4, XPF 2.2.2, SCSI peripherals attached, 2 USB and 1 FireWire card in the PCI slots, 512 RAM). Upon restart, I saw the installer splash screen trying to prepare for installation, then we went to black with the following message: "The installer has quit due to an unexpected error. (exit code 0) Please restart your computer." I tried using the actual installer CD from Amazon well as a copy. This happened three times and I gave up--I don't feel like pulling PCI cards and moving RAM around to be able to boot into a new OS where I lose my sound ;-). I maintain G4 Mac labs at the office and can get my OS-X there if I have no other choice. Ideas? |
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RE: I have failed (again)... |
September, 17, 2002 1:07 PM |
mbedford |
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I have 512 megs made up of 8 64 meg DIMMs (manufacturers are mixed). With the other 7300 I first tested XPF on, I had an odd mix of leftover RAM (different sizes), and had no problem. Different CD drive though (8x from a 7600 as opposed to the 12x from the 7300). |
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RE: I have failed (again)... |
September, 17, 2002 12:44 PM |
johnson |
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Sounds like memory problems, most definitely. Mixing old (8,16, some 32 MB DIMMS) with new (128 mb dimms) seems to be a main culprit. Bad or marginal memory can produce all sorts of wierd, hard to trace problems. |
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RE: I have failed (again)... |
September, 16, 2002 10:05 PM |
mbedford |
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FWIW, Tech Tool Pro passed my RAM check. |
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RE: I have failed (again)... |
September, 16, 2002 3:34 AM |
mjoecups358 |
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I have seen that error from a marginal CD-Rom drive or disk as well... |
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RE: I have failed (again)... |
September, 15, 2002 11:58 PM |
OSXGuru |
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Errors of that kind once you reach the Mac OS X Installer often turn out to be memory problems. Of course, shuffling DIMMs around is not the most pleasant way to spend an afternoon :-) |