Leopard spotty
Nov. 16th, 2007 08:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
herveusWe're oh-fer-two on installing Leopard.
That's "installation attempts on two different machines" leading to two machines that don't work right now. Grrr...
Matthew's machine is a stock G4 tower of the 1GHz variety. The installer didn't recognize the existence of the boot drive and then did bad stuff when he tried to do a new install on another drive. That drive is now extra cranky.
Megan's machine is an old Sawtooth G4 upgraded with a 1Ghz Sonnet CPU upgrade. It took 10.4 just fine. 10.5 allegedly installed, but on the restart, it powers down during the grey screen very quickly. Needless to say, Megan is more than a bit frosted.
Hopefully, the boys can get my 10.4 DVD back from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fuzzface00 at Holiday Faire and try to get Megan's machine running again.
I'm afraid to try upgrading the laptop.
That's "installation attempts on two different machines" leading to two machines that don't work right now. Grrr...
Matthew's machine is a stock G4 tower of the 1GHz variety. The installer didn't recognize the existence of the boot drive and then did bad stuff when he tried to do a new install on another drive. That drive is now extra cranky.
Megan's machine is an old Sawtooth G4 upgraded with a 1Ghz Sonnet CPU upgrade. It took 10.4 just fine. 10.5 allegedly installed, but on the restart, it powers down during the grey screen very quickly. Needless to say, Megan is more than a bit frosted.
Hopefully, the boys can get my 10.4 DVD back from
fuzzface00 at Holiday Faire and try to get Megan's machine running again. I'm afraid to try upgrading the laptop.
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Date: 2007-11-16 05:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-16 10:21 pm (UTC)My Powerbook G4 was wipe and install (but then I don't keep anything on it, it's just a portal to my server spaces).
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Date: 2007-11-16 10:44 pm (UTC)I will have the disk tomorrow. If I forget, I promise to drive back to Sterling and get it.
For whatever reason we are 1-0 on Leopard. That install was to a PowerPC Mac Mini that I put more memory in but is otherwise unremarkable. But, I wouldn't say that "with confidence" because my system doesn't feel as stable. I am not upgrading
I have had a small buttload of hardware problems lately as well, so that may be influencing my opinion.