[G4] Installing OSX 10.3 on a Powermac G4 quicksilver 800 (2002)

[OBrien]

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:41:33 -0000, Andrew Finch wrote:
> As a newbie, I have been given a G4 800mhz Quicksilver 2002 without 
> a hard drive. I added an unformatted drive, and have tested the 
> hard wear with Ubuntu Linux Live CD which runs Linux from CD 
> without installing fine. However, I appear not to be able to 
> install the real software, and suspect the CD's, but would welcome 
> advice. I purchase new, sealed OSX 10.3 DVDs.......

Are you sure that you have the FULL installation of OSX10.3, or is it an upgrade to 10.3? You should format your new drive. This is done by booting from the OSX DVD and using Disk Utility. You probably want to format the HD using the "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" format.


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O'Brien