On 6/17/03 17:45, "Chris Foote" <foote at chem.ucla.edu> wrote: >>> I've got an original 233Mhz Bondi iMac running 10.2.6. When I >>> originally installed 10.2 it turned out that I had to remove one of my >>> memory modules or it would not install. It would go thru the process >>> very slowly but would never quite finish. >> >> I know its too late now, but I managed to get around having to remove >> any memory modules on a Bondi iMac by installing Jaguar in the smallest >> increments possible. Going from memory, I did the minimal base install >> first, then installed the rest of the OS (no apps), then installed the >> applications from the second disk one at a time by starting from the >> hard drive, putting in the second CD, and running each installer >> individually. >> >> -Mike > > That's not the issue. You shouldn't have to do this. The problem is > that some memory modules (usually addons) turn out to be defective > under X, leading to a stall in the installation process. Yep, happened to me with a 400 MHz iMac. I had to buy new memory and it works fine, though slooooow. And they're not actually defective; it's just that X is more demanding and doesn't run with any memory that doesn't meet its requirements. Kirk Author of: Unix for Mac OS X: Learning the Command Line (Dec. 2003) Co-author of: Macworld Mac Upgrade and Repair Bible Co-author of: Microsoft Office v. X Inside Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kirk at mcelhearn.com | http://www.mcelhearn.com . . . . . . . . Kirk McElhearn | Chemin de la Lauze | 05600 Guillestre | France . .