[X Newbies] Can't install on Beige G3

[Chris Lowrance]

Just a thought,

I have a 15" Titanium laptop upgraded to 1GB RAM. I had some 
intermittent crashes and generally weird behavior(both before and after 
RAM upgrade). I decided my 'puter could use a fresh install of the OS, 
so I scrubbed the HDD and started clean. After 3 failed installs - 
always near the very end, I yanked the new RAM out and put in the 
original 512MB that came in the laptop. Lo and behold, OS install went 
flawlessly...after a lil trial and error, I found I had a bum stick of 
RAM. RMA'd the RAM and now all is well.

When all else fails...look to the simple solutions.



On Friday, Aug 29, 2003, at 17:51 US/Eastern, Michael McCarthy wrote:

>
>
> The first 2 times I tried to install on my Beige G3 Rev A, (upgraded 
> to G4 466, 60 GB Deskstar HD, 576 RAM) OS X installed Ok and I ran it 
> for a couple of hours, but when I tried to restart in OS 9 (on a 
> seperate partition) I couldn't access any drives - got a cycle of 3 
> folders with flashing question marks which I assumed meant it was 
> trying to start from each of the 3 partitions  - one OS x, one 9.2.2 
> and one 8.1.
>
> I low formatted the drive, reinstalled 9.2.2, and ran that for a 
> couple of weeks while looking for answers, which I may have found 
> (bless both systems). I retried installing, but now the installer 
> freezes with about 7 minutes left (showing on progress bar) on the 
> first install disk. I can boot up in the 9.2.2 partition and see a gig 
> or so of files in the OS X partition. If I run Disk First Aid on the 
> partially installed OS X volume it says it iso ok. I have tried 
> removing all third party cards, reinstalling the original CD drive, 
> etc. I have tried installing 9.2 first, then OS X, and vice versa. I 
> have tried OSX and OS 9 on same volume. I have zeroed my drive and 
> tried again, same thing. I am installing on the first 8 GB (actually 
> 7.5) - the installer won't let you do otherwise. Nothing changes, 
> always freezes at about same spot.
>
> The only difference I am aware of between the first 2 installs which 
> worked, but wouldn't let me reboot in 9, and the later failed ones is 
> that I updated the drivers with the OS X install disk, which it seems 
> to me should help, not hurt.
>
> Since the first failed install, when I start up I get a white screen 
> which types "HFS bootable partionno" or "can't open" repeatedly for 7 
> lines, then it fades to black and goes to the normal grey start-up 
> screen, and starts fine.
>
> Any ideas? I more or less have given up, but if anyone knew what was 
> going on and how to fix it I might try again.
>
>
>
>
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