[CUBE] problem installing JAG

[Richard Clark]

i'd go for the zeroing data takes some time part :) but i think it's 
the ram or maybe i missed a post and that was excluded.
On Sunday, Jan 12, 2003, at 18:46 Europe/Rome, Frank French wrote:

> on 1/12/03 2:53 AM, Marty Levenson at martylev at telus.net wrote:
>
>> Dear List,
>>
>> Still can't install JAG.
>>
>> The Jag installer quits after it starts installing, and goes to a text
>> (terminal?) mode that says "Unexpected Shutdown (exit code 0) 
>> Restart" Tried
>> to install 10.1, but that installer quit too, about half way 
>> through....with
>> the same message.
>>
>> OS 9.2.2 runs great, and no other problems.  Any suggestions? I've 
>> run every
>> test on my partitions with TechTools Pro 3, and all seems well. 
>> Rebuilt the
>> desktop + zapped the pram.
>> Any possibility the battery is dying - could that cause be the cause? 
>> I know
>> the disk is good, as I installed Jag on my girlfriend's G4 tower with 
>> it.
>>
>> Going nuts in Vancouver,
>> Marty
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: Thubten Kunga <Kunga at FutureMedia.org>
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>>> Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 17:16:55 -0800
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>>> Subject: Re: [CUBE] problem installing JAG
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>>> Let us all know if it works. Keep posting until your difficulty is
>>> resolved.
>>>
>>> k
>>>
>>> On Saturday, January 11, 2003, at 05:11  PM, Marty Levenson wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm thinking of installing 10.1 and then updating that to JAG...see 
>>>> if
>>>> that
>>>> works. I did have 10.1 working before, but uninstalled it due to 
>>>> some
>>>> crashes...thought I would start fresh with Jag.
>>>> Thanks for your replies!
>>>> Marty
>>>
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> Marty,
>
> When you had OS X on the cube previously and removed it did you format 
> the
> drive. If so which format option, HFS or HFS+. X won't install on a 
> HFS.
> Also it won't install from from a slave drive Knowledge base # 106728. 
> Don't
> know if the internal Optical drive is set to master but from this 
> article I
> guess it should be master.
>
> Also remove any other devices plugged in via USB or FireWire, other 
> than the
> keyboard and mouse of course :).
>
> The other things I'd try, zap the PRAM in case some code has been 
> stored
> there causing problems. Rebuild the desktop in OS 9.
>
> The other option is try another drive in the cube though I don't know 
> if the
> girlfriend would be willing to lend you her drive from the dual G4.
>
> Had a look at apple's error code list which is pretty generic and 
> universal
> as far as I know. They don't list a 0 error of course but all the 
> errors in
> the lower numbers relate to drive problems or seem to relate to drive
> problems.
>
> The other thing you could do is get a firewire cable, take the cube to 
> the
> Girlfriends and put it in Target mode and copy your data over to the 
> G4.
> Then do a format, zero data, and start from scratch. Lots of bonuses 
> there,
> data backed up, fresh hard drive to install onto, and quality time 
> with the
> girlfriend. Zeroing data takes some time.... Good Luck
>
> Frank
>
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