[X Newbies] Can't install on Beige G3

[Michael McCarthy]

W Lane wrote:

>
> I would agree with this and would also add that when I was trying to 
> install X onto my old beige I had to strip it back to stock. That is, 
> 96MB RAM, which seemed rather odd as theoretically that is not even 
> enough to run X. However, once I did that, the install went flawless.


> The 'can't open' thing if I recall refers to Firmware maybe being in 
> need of updating.




Thanks for the replies.Someone on another list gave me the answer to the 
"can't open" and it was indeed booting into open firmware and setting it 
to default (set-defaults [ return] reset-all [return]). I doubt the RAM 
was a problem, since the first 2 times OS X installed and I was able to 
run it for a couple of hours, and it recognized the RAM. I just couldn't 
boot into 9.

I think the reason I couldn't reboot into OS 9 after the first 2 
installs was that the Apple drivers had not been updated (installer said 
couldn't do it). I found a way around this at www.bombich.com (nlessing 
systems in open firmware), but couldnt try it because the installer was 
freezing. After low formatting my drive I was able to update the 
drivers, even though my HD is a non-apple (IBM Deskstar), so perhaps it 
will work next time, if there is one, that I install it. The most recent 
problems must have been caused by either the second installation or the 
erasing of it somehow messing up the open firmware settings on my CPU.

Michael