[FAQ]Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" Installation

[fryke]

Where did you quote that from? Are you sure you're in the right thread?

[blaubon]

I just received OS 10.4 the other day and can't install it on my G3server because I don't have a dvd player. What can I do about this? I do have a Dell PC with a dvd burner and a usb external harddrive formated in dos so that both the mac and pc can use.

[fryke]

You can either buy an external DVD or internal DVD drive for your Mac, put your Dell's DVD drive inside the Mac or exchange the Tiger medium for a CD set. (Apple should have the details.)

[blaubon]

Thanks, that sounds like a good idea. It should work. The G3 I have has other IDE devices already hooked up to it..Just change out the old CD-ROM for the new DVD-ROM.

Bruce

[cardrobot]

My installer seems to freeze (progress bar still moving) when the base system part 1 is being installed. Running installer script it what it says belolw the progress bar. I have already repaired disk permitions. Is there any thing else I can do to make tiger install all the way and not stop?? It is partly installed already, so I can't boot anymore and access anything on my computer. Please help!! Thanks so much!!!

[mstrroissy]

I had issues installing 10.4 on my new Project Imac G3. Mine was hanging up during install also, and What I found was a lack of ram...apple states a minium of 256, I would recommend at least 512MB. I also could not get it to install from the DVD, so I used disk utility to format and knock down the partitions, then I used my PowerBook to install the OS. You can do this with a friends mac too, Start the offending puter in target disk mode (hold the t-key during boot up), then connect the two computers by firewire cable. Insert DVD in the second computer and start the intall process. When OS X asks you where you want to install the OS click on the drive of the target disk machine. It was just that simple. Also...this method allowed me to get by one of the stopping point of Installing OSx....the 8GB partition rule. No need for that when intalled in the method described above....100GB Imac G3 here I come!!!!