[G4] OT: G4 Upgrade Help

[James Asherman]

On Saturday, April 24, 2004, at 12:39  PM, Mike Tweedie wrote:

> Off Topic... But y'all are so smart ;)
>
> I have upgrade an old G3 DT for my mother, and recently got a copy of
> Panther and an OWC G4/533 for this machine.
>
> I've got everything running fine under OSX.2.8, but when I try to 
> install
> Panther, it says that the machine is not supported. Logic then demands 
> I try
> XPostFacto.....
>
> Well, here's my trouble. The machine boots to the grey screen, but 
> then I
> get a circle with a line through it, then it just sits there, looking 
> kinda
> sad.
>
> Reboot, add verbose mode and extra diagnostics via XPF, but still same
> result. Will Panther run on this machine?
>
> Help!
>
> Thanks...
> Mike
>
>

For Panther you need the NEWEST Xpostfacto.
It's really still a beta but it works fine.
I just installed OS10.2.8 on an upgraded 9600.
I used Xpostfacto 2 to get it going and then 3 to run it.
If you have two drives it's easier.
Jim