Mac Os 10.3 On Wallstreet G3 Powerbook

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ohmelas

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Hello All,

I have an installation issue with my Wallstreet Powerbook. I can install 10.2.8 with no problems however, 10.3 won't install. Aside from the silly things--I'm confident I covered the bases here I'm getting feedback from the Mac Genius at my local Mac store saying that 10.3 won't install on the Wallstreet because its not FW/USB ready.

Given that, can anyone provide some feedback here on a patch or known issues confirming or denying that issue to install 10.3 on G3 Wallstreets? Please advise.
 
Sorry, Dude. 10.3 just installs on G3 macs with USB/Firewire. I didn't hear about any patch yet.. :(
When did you buy panther? Maybe you can give it back.
 
Thanks. I found some immediate resources while looking to solve this problem:

X Post Facto

XPostFacto is a utility which helps to install and boot Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, and Darwin on certain unsupported systems. All it requires is 3 extra clicks of your mouse! When Mac OS X installs successfully, its stability on unsupported systems appears to be excellent. However, there are cases in which Mac OS X is difficult to install, and there are a variety of problems you can run into. I guess the most recent update allows 10.3 to be installed

Sonnet PCI X Installer

Sonnet offers several innovative software solutions that enable you to install and use Mac OS X on many unsupported (pre-G3) machines, and optimize the performance of OS X on all processor-upgraded machines running it.

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I've found some fine reading on the subject as well and hope that this adds to the database of knoledge here so that other users can benefit from it.

http://www.lowendmac.com/archive/02/0614.html
http://bbs.xlr8yourmac.com/ubb/Forum14/HTML/000366.html

Good luck. I'm going to try these today. It appears that they both have known issues. I'll report more.
 
Well, XPostFacto is your best bet as Sonnet X doesn't do 10.3 yet (AFAIK). XPostFacto does 10.3 on some systems, and apparently the Wallstreet will get 10.3 working using it, but I haven't tried it myself.
 
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