[Ti] Problems installing Tiger on Powerbook G4

[Andre Truter]

Dr. Trevor J. Hutley wrote:
>
> On 17 Feb 2007, at 00:22, Terence Cozad wrote:
>
>> . If you only have 2.4 GB left and did not clean off the HD there
>> will not be enough room left for Tiger.
>
> I am inclined to think - as Terence suggests -  that it is just a
> space issue.
> You need 3Gb free to install, it is recommended that you always have
> 10% of your hard disk free anyway.
> Activity Monitor might show you how much hard disk is being used for
> virtual memory.
> It can be 3 to 6 Gb.
> So 2.4 Gb free is probably not enough.
>
> If you have an external hard disk, I would copy any important stuff to
> it using Carbon Copy Cloner or similar, then low-level format your
> internal hard disk and start the Tiger install from there.
>
> In my view, ALWAYS best to start with a clean disk, if you get a
> machine from elsewhere.
>
This is exactly what I did.
I did not even try to do an upgrade, because the disk was way too full
of old stuff that I did not know.

My first step was to erase the disk and start on a clean disk.  So, I
have 18GB of space to install on.

Since yesterday I have cleaned the disk a number of times and I have
also swapped the disk with another clean disk (also a 20GB)
So, since my first install, I have had ample space.

This morning the installation managed to get to the part where it
installs the Address book and then it flunked out.
After that the machine crashed twice when I tried to install.

Something is not well here.

Can it maybe be RAM?
How can I test it?

Thanks
Andre Truter