Check to see that the firmware has been updated before installing X. As well, I would seriously consider replacing the HD with something larger. My beige had 4 gig originally and it was just too crowded with X and 9 on it. On Friday, June 13, 2003, at 08:45 AM, Chris Walker wrote: > A friend is using a tangerine iMac, - maybe the second version out, > with > 6 gig hard drive. I tried to install OS X on it once but came upon a > baffling message which I cannot recall now. Does anyone know if this is > do-able and/or adviseable? And if so, how? __ William Lane iChat - williamlane Yahoo - wilann2001 ICQ - 69126027