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George H - Aug 26, 2006 - 8:49 am

Presently have Mac 9.2.2 on new hard drive. Upon booting to MacX the installation will go great until it reaches the segment "Installing BSD Subsytem". When it reaches 53% complete it will stop, and say it needs to restart. Do I have a defective DVD?
Thanks
George

Cheryl - Aug 26, 2006 - 5:10 pm

George,

I need a bit more information. What does the DVD say on it - upgrade? Full install or does it list a specific model? What version OS X is this?

Cheryl

George H - Aug 27, 2006 - 12:29 pm

"Up grade"

George H - Aug 27, 2006 - 12:31 pm

The version is 10.3 Upgrade

Cheryl - Aug 27, 2006 - 3:27 pm

George,

You can not install OS X for the first time using an upgrade CD. What you need is the full install OS X 10.3.

The upgrade is for users who have OS X 10.2.x already installed on the computer.

Can you start up the computer and does it start up in OS 9? If so, go to the Hard drive and look for the folder System (with an X on the folder icon), Library and Users. Drag them to the trash. Do not trash the System Folder with a Mac face on it. That is your OS 9 system .

Now you need to get the full install OS X.

You can get it here for under $50 US.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/osx-c...ware-and-more/

Cheryl

George H - Aug 28, 2006 - 1:42 pm

Thank you that is what it was an upgrade and not a full copy.
Thank you bery much