[Ti] Problems installing Tiger on Powerbook G4

[Andre Truter]

Terence Cozad wrote:
> With all that you tried I would begin to suspect that maybe the DVD
> had a scratch or a problem in reproduction that is botching the
> install. That would be why it fails even with the image copied over.
> The only way to know would be to get another DVD or CD and try to
> install something, like OS 9 or OS X.3 and see if the same problem.
> Also, the specs for Tiger require 256 MB ram and 3GB free HD space. If
> you only have 2.4 GB left and did not clean off the HD there will not
> be enough room left for Tiger. If you dont have at least 256 of Ram it
> will start to install and then hang.
>
I did a clean install.  "Erase and install" because I did not have lots
of space left and wanted a nice fresh install.
Specs is not a problem, 512MB RAM

I am also starting to suspect the DVD media, but when the installer
verify the DVD, it does not report any problems and I have done it a few
times.

Funny thing is that now the installer has gone past its normal hangup
point.  It is installing additional languages now.

The main difference between this install and the previous one is that
the machine was off over night, so it is cool and this time I just went
with all the defaults.  The previous times I deselected most languages
and printer drivers.

Maybe it will go through now...
??

Andre Truter

PS:  Nope, it failed while installing Mail.  cpio error, bad file
format.  :-(