[X4U] OSX 10.3 install fails on disk 2

[Nick Scalise]

On Thursday, December 23, 2004, at 00:46AM, Rad Craig <rad at inductionconcepts.com> wrote:

>I got my little sis a Pismo for college, for xmas.  I just got it and 
>am installing 10.3 on it.  I blew the drive away, formatted OSX 
>extended (journaled) and started from scratch.  I unchecked all the 
>languages and printer drivers.
>
>Disk 1 finished without problems.  I reboot, get promted to insert disk 
>2 and it gets almost done, to about 9 minutes remaining, then says 
>something like 'errors were encountered during installation' and the 
>button changes to 'quit'.
>
>I have done this twice now, with two different Disk #2's and got the 
>same error both times.
>
>After the first install, I was doing the software update, which was 
>quite a list, and it hosed up on the last item in the list, which is 
>all the 10.3 updates for OSX (like 97MB).  Then it would no longer 
>connect to the internet via ethernet.  I restarted twice, repaired disk 
>permissions, but that didn't fix anything.  I mounted the disk 2 and 
>ran the install.pkg manually and it finished without problems, but 
>still acted flaky.  I tried to reboot on a recovery CD I have, but when 
>I selected it in 'startup disk' and clicked reboot, it would just sit 
>there and never reboot.  So I closed startup disk and restarted it via 
>the apple menu, held the 'c' key down during boot, and it ignored it 
>and booted to the HD like normal.
>
>So after all these strange things, I decided I'd try it all again, used 
>a different disk 2 cd, but got the same results.
>
>This is a Pismo, 400mhz, 11.2G HD, 192MB.

Some things to try:

1) Reset the PMU -  There is a button on the back near the modem port. Unplug the powersupply, pull out the battery. Push the button. Let it sit for about 10 minutes. Plug it back in, put the battery back in.

<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449#faq7>

2) Reset NVRAM:

> Start computer up holding down Command + Option + O + F
> A screen comes up with a command prompt
> At the prompt type in reset-nvram, and hit the return key
> At the prompt type reset-all, and hit the return key
> The machine will reboot

3) Reset PRAM - Hold the Apple, Option, P and R keys when rebooting - let it chime at least 3 times.

4) Boot from an OS 9 install CD and format the drive In OS 9 first with the OS 9 Drive Setup. Then install OS 9 (you can delete OS 9 later if you want).

Lastly, buy her more RAM, this shouldn't affect the install, but it will affect her user experience.

Good luck,
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Nick Scalise
nickscalise at mac.com