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rumbers - Aug 16, 2005 - 11:42 am
Hi.
I'm trying to install Tiger on my flat panel imac. 20gb free, running 10.3.9. I have so far successfully installed Tiger on my G5 and Powerbook - so I don't think can be the dvd.
When I try to install on the imac, it runs through the various initial checks and seems to be ok. Then, it gets to 'preparing the disk' and hangs at the stage when it is "Activating Virtual Memory Backing Store" (according to the log). I can still use the mouse, get the dropdown menus etc for the installer, but it never gets past this point. The blue bar stays at about 2mm, and there it stays. For hours.
I have taken out my additional ram, restarted, but no difference. I have powered down, repaired disk permissions, and run tech tool pro (though I really never know what I should be running - I just try them all). I have also tried unplugging every peripheral. Zip.
Any idea what this is and why I can't install Tiger? Incidentally - it doesn't make any difference if I try archive and install or just upgrade. Help!
Thanks,
Mat.
I'm trying to install Tiger on my flat panel imac. 20gb free, running 10.3.9. I have so far successfully installed Tiger on my G5 and Powerbook - so I don't think can be the dvd.
When I try to install on the imac, it runs through the various initial checks and seems to be ok. Then, it gets to 'preparing the disk' and hangs at the stage when it is "Activating Virtual Memory Backing Store" (according to the log). I can still use the mouse, get the dropdown menus etc for the installer, but it never gets past this point. The blue bar stays at about 2mm, and there it stays. For hours.
I have taken out my additional ram, restarted, but no difference. I have powered down, repaired disk permissions, and run tech tool pro (though I really never know what I should be running - I just try them all). I have also tried unplugging every peripheral. Zip.
Any idea what this is and why I can't install Tiger? Incidentally - it doesn't make any difference if I try archive and install or just upgrade. Help!
Thanks,
Mat.
macbri - Aug 16, 2005 - 8:58 pm
Hi Mat -
Since you have a G5 and a powerbook also, can you perhaps copy all your files off the iMac onto one of those? If you can do that then I'd suggest erasing and reformatting your iMac hard drive, and try installing Tiger onto the clean hard drive. Of course you'll have to then set it up and copy all your files back from your backup. To erase and install you could boot from your Panther CD and run after the Installer window appears, select Installer Menu -> Disk Utility.
A word of caution: Be absolutely sure that you save everything you need before you begin. Depending on how much disk space you have available on your G5 or powerbook, you could use "Disk Utility" to make a full image of your hard drive. If you enable sharing on your G5 for example, then mount that on your iMac. Then you could open /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility on your imac and click on your "Macintosh HD". Then click the "New Image" icon and select a folder on your networked drive to save it.
I hope this helps, and get back to me if you need more information. Thanks for using macosx.com!
- Brian
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Brian S.
MacOSX.com Technical Support
brian@macosx.com
Since you have a G5 and a powerbook also, can you perhaps copy all your files off the iMac onto one of those? If you can do that then I'd suggest erasing and reformatting your iMac hard drive, and try installing Tiger onto the clean hard drive. Of course you'll have to then set it up and copy all your files back from your backup. To erase and install you could boot from your Panther CD and run after the Installer window appears, select Installer Menu -> Disk Utility.
A word of caution: Be absolutely sure that you save everything you need before you begin. Depending on how much disk space you have available on your G5 or powerbook, you could use "Disk Utility" to make a full image of your hard drive. If you enable sharing on your G5 for example, then mount that on your iMac. Then you could open /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility on your imac and click on your "Macintosh HD". Then click the "New Image" icon and select a folder on your networked drive to save it.
I hope this helps, and get back to me if you need more information. Thanks for using macosx.com!
- Brian
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Brian S.
MacOSX.com Technical Support
brian@macosx.com
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