[G4] Panther or Tiger?

[Ronald Steinke]

On 14 February, 2006, at 7:55:03, Anne Keller-Smith wrote:

> I'm sort of wrestling with some wierdness in my Jaguar system and  
> wondering if instead of doing archive and install maybe just skip  
> to Panther or Tiger?
>
> Apple Hardware Test showed all that stuff is a-ok, and I need to  
> run Diskwarrior to see if I can find out what's up (DW hung up  
> which is why the Hardware Test).

Questions:

Why are you doing an "Archive & Install" installation? What are you  
trying to do by doing the OS-X version of a clean installation of the  
OS? Why didn't you just go directly to the upgrade installation?

Second group of Questions:

What do you mean "(DW hung up which is why the Hardware Test.)"? How  
did you determine that DW was "hung up" and not simply doing it  
assigned tasks? Are you aware that DW can take an extraordinary  
amount of time to perform its magic feats and isn't necessarily hung  
up or locked in an endless loop even though it appears that way?


As to upgrading your OS, I recommend going for the gusto with 10.4 if  
you have the needed DVD drive in your mac. Your native programs will  
work just as well with 10.4 as with 10.2. You may have to update your  
firmware before the upgrade, I am not sure about your model Mac, but  
that is easy and the upgrade will make your machine happier.