can`t start from install disc

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kewpet

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trying to do an archive and install on my emac 800, holding down "c" at start up causes kernel panic and screen freezes . have run repair permissions in disc utilty to no avail, ran the onyx utility but this doesn`t help . would disk warrior solve the problem ,or would that freeze at startup?? system is slowing down any help would be appreciated many thanks

jim k
 
Reboot with the disk in by re-booting with the Option key pressed held down and then select the install disk (if it is boot-able).
 
Have you added any 3rd-party RAM to the system?

What OS X disk are you trying to boot from, exactly? "Software Restore?" A retail copy?
 
Are you using an install CD that contains a version of OS X that's prior to when your machine was built? We may be assuming your installing Panther, but you may be trying to install Jaguar, not knowing what your system came with.

For example, if you put a 10.3 disk into a Dual 2.5GHz G5, it will crash during boot.
 
thanks for the response guys,
yes i fitted third party ram but that was 2 years ago?

tried rebooting with option key pressed same response screen freezes,


trying to reboot from the install disc that came with my emac running 10.2.4



tried single user mode , did fsck, message says unable to repair disc?
 
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