Error Installing Mac OS X 10.3.5

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i have this machine,

http://www.lowendmac.com/ppc/g3c.shtml

300MHz, a new 80Gigabyte drive (was able to install Mac OS 9.2.1) 128MB Ram

I'm having problems installing Mac OS X 10.3.5

During a installation it stops with this message.

"There were errors installing the software"

I did all of the firmware upgrades beforehand.

The hard drive is brand new.
 
Have you tried reformatting the hard drive?

The Hrd drive needs to be formatted with HFS + also known as Mac OS Extended, to work properly with os X. Boot from your install and go into disk utilities. It's also not a bad idea to partition your hard drive and use one for OS 9 and the other for OSX. make sure the partition with OS9 has the OS9 drivers installed (look for this on the disk utilities).


MacMessiah said:
i have this machine,

http://www.lowendmac.com/ppc/g3c.shtml

300MHz, a new 80Gigabyte drive (was able to install Mac OS 9.2.1) 128MB Ram

I'm having problems installing Mac OS X 10.3.5

During a installation it stops with this message.

"There were errors installing the software"

I did all of the firmware upgrades beforehand.

The hard drive is brand new.
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Most often the message 'there were errors installing the software', in my experience, is related to problems reading the installer disk. Try wiping the disk with a clean, soft cloth, and try again. I have seen success after trying a few times.
 
I have two installation CDs. straight out of their boxes.

FYI I just made a Mac OS 9.2.1 partition on the hard drive. Wondering if that can do anything to hindering it or help solve the issue.
 
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