10.2.8 update installer STILL dies...

[Snoke Jay S NPRI]

okie, here's the story on trying to do the 10.2.8 update:
1.  a beige G3 with a zif upgrade will not boot into single-user mode by holding down the CMD-S keys.  It doesn't matter if I use the ADB keyboard that originally came with the system or not (I have an OrangeMicro USB/Firewire card in it, and the driver must not be immediately loaded...). 
2.  I ran disk utility and repaired the disk to the extent it would/can repair a boot disk, and there were a few permissions that got repaired.
3.  I booted the system up with the Norton SystemWorks CD and ran Disk Doctor - several things were fixed there as well.
4.  I finally managed to get the system to boot off the hard drive - for those who don't know, this is not easily done, since the last known boot drive is the CD-ROM in this case and the CD doesn't allow yoou to select any other boot disk...
5.  I still can not do the update - the installer (either the full or the short update version) still dies.  *&^%$#! weird.

any other ideas???
Jay



> after you hold down CMD-S and are booted into single user mode, a command
> prompt will come up (just like using the terminal, though it will occupy
> the full screen) simply type "fsck -y" and hit enter (no quotes) it will
> do its thing, checking the integrity and structure of the file system
> (thus the "fsck" - "FileSystemChecK") run it repeatedly until it returns
> "drive was ok" 2 consecutive times. most of all, good luck =)
> 
> sandor
> 
> 
> On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, Snoke Jay S NPRI wrote:
> 
> > thx, Wayne - will try this when I get home.
> > 
> > > CMD-S
> > > 
> > > > I fixed priveledges as well, and tried again while all this was on-going.
> > > > how do I boot into single user mode?  I assume the system has to be shut
> > > > down first, then booted while holding down a key or two on the keyboard?
> > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > did you try fixing volume privleges via disk utility?
> > > > > 
> > > > > if that doesnt work i would also try booting into single user mode and
> > > > > running fsck, but i would first try disk utility. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > sandor
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 	I did that.  I also tried the full update as well, thinking there
> > > > was some corruption;  however, when the disk image is decompressed, I
> > > > imagine the sumcheck would spot the problem right off the bat...  anyone
> > > > else have a suggestion?
> > > > > > 	Snoke
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > first thing to try - re-download the installer. if something got 
> > > > > > > corrupted during the download, this type of thing could happen.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > sandor
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > On Tuesday, October 14, 2003, at 04:34  PM, Snoke Jay S NPRI wrote:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Listas-
> > > > > > > > 	Over the weekend, I tried to update my OS X 10.2.6 on my
> > > > beige G3 
> > > > > > > > with a G4 ZIF to OS X 10.2.8.  The installer quit unexpectedly, so
> > > > I 
> > > > > > > > tried it again...and again...to no avail.  Any ideas as to what
> > > > could 
> > > > > > > > be causing this?
> > > > > > > > tia-
> > > > > > > > Jay Snoke
> > 
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