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kamsmart - Aug 9, 2005 - 2:13 pm
Hi,
I have a PB Rev B 1.0 Ghz PB, which currently has Panther 10.3.0 installed. I never upgraded to 10.3.x since people were experienceing the fan issue. Anyways.
Well, I bought a new PB 1.5 Ghz, and I got this Tiger DVD (restore DVD) with it. I was using that to install Tiger on my older PB, and I got the installer log which I have included below. The installer checks whether the software (Tiger) can be installed on the PB or not, and it comes back to me with an alert saying that it cannot install Tiger on the PB.
I thought that since I had 10.3.0 installed on my PB, I am having these problems. I went ahead and upgraded that to 10.3.9 this last weekend. And i tried upgrading that to Tiger, and it still gives me the same message when i try to install Tiger. I am at my wit's end now!!
Thanks,
Kamran.
Installer Log:
Jul 29 07:24:33 localhost : Launching the Language Chooser for an OS Install
Jul 29 07:24:50 localhost : Found primary language hint "English"
Jul 29 07:24:51 localhost : Language Chooser ready
Jul 29 07:24:55 localhost : Launching the Installer using language code "English"
Jul 29 07:24:55 localhost : @(#)PROGRAM:Install PROJECT:Install-115 DEVELOPER:root BUILT:Mar 24 2005 19:49:35
Jul 29 07:24:55 localhost : @(#)PROGRAM:Installer PROJECT:Installer-83 DEVELOPER:root BUILT:Mar 22 2005 20:32:47
Jul 29 07:24:55 localhost : Hardware: PowerBook6,2 @ 999 MHz, 512 MB
Jul 29 07:24:55 localhost : Running OS Build: 8A451
Jul 29 07:24:56 localhost : It took 0.330384 seconds to parse the distribution script "OSInstall.dist"
Jul 29 07:24:56 localhost : Mac OS X Installation Log
Jul 29 07:24:56 localhost : Opened from: /System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg
Jul 29 07:24:58 localhost : It took 2.137522 seconds to load 8 UI sections
Jul 29 07:24:58 localhost : Entering Introduction section
Jul 29 07:24:58 localhost : Physical Memory Allocation: 65 MB wired, 61 MB active, 51 MB inactive, 177 MB used, 332 MB free, 512 MB total
Jul 29 07:24:58 localhost : It took 0.221696 seconds to -[IFDistXMLDocument readAndValidateDocument]
Jul 29 07:24:58 localhost : It took 3.492382 seconds to finish launching.
Jul 29 07:24:58 localhost : It took 0.021071 seconds to perform the Installation Check
Jul 29 07:24:58 localhost : Installation checks failed.
Jul 29 07:24:59 localhost : Installation check failure. (null). This software cannot be installed on this computer..
Jul 29 07:25:02 localhost : It took 6.777436 seconds to do the initial process of the targets
I have a PB Rev B 1.0 Ghz PB, which currently has Panther 10.3.0 installed. I never upgraded to 10.3.x since people were experienceing the fan issue. Anyways.
Well, I bought a new PB 1.5 Ghz, and I got this Tiger DVD (restore DVD) with it. I was using that to install Tiger on my older PB, and I got the installer log which I have included below. The installer checks whether the software (Tiger) can be installed on the PB or not, and it comes back to me with an alert saying that it cannot install Tiger on the PB.
I thought that since I had 10.3.0 installed on my PB, I am having these problems. I went ahead and upgraded that to 10.3.9 this last weekend. And i tried upgrading that to Tiger, and it still gives me the same message when i try to install Tiger. I am at my wit's end now!!
Thanks,
Kamran.
Installer Log:
Jul 29 07:24:33 localhost : Launching the Language Chooser for an OS Install
Jul 29 07:24:50 localhost : Found primary language hint "English"
Jul 29 07:24:51 localhost : Language Chooser ready
Jul 29 07:24:55 localhost : Launching the Installer using language code "English"
Jul 29 07:24:55 localhost : @(#)PROGRAM:Install PROJECT:Install-115 DEVELOPER:root BUILT:Mar 24 2005 19:49:35
Jul 29 07:24:55 localhost : @(#)PROGRAM:Installer PROJECT:Installer-83 DEVELOPER:root BUILT:Mar 22 2005 20:32:47
Jul 29 07:24:55 localhost : Hardware: PowerBook6,2 @ 999 MHz, 512 MB
Jul 29 07:24:55 localhost : Running OS Build: 8A451
Jul 29 07:24:56 localhost : It took 0.330384 seconds to parse the distribution script "OSInstall.dist"
Jul 29 07:24:56 localhost : Mac OS X Installation Log
Jul 29 07:24:56 localhost : Opened from: /System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg
Jul 29 07:24:58 localhost : It took 2.137522 seconds to load 8 UI sections
Jul 29 07:24:58 localhost : Entering Introduction section
Jul 29 07:24:58 localhost : Physical Memory Allocation: 65 MB wired, 61 MB active, 51 MB inactive, 177 MB used, 332 MB free, 512 MB total
Jul 29 07:24:58 localhost : It took 0.221696 seconds to -[IFDistXMLDocument readAndValidateDocument]
Jul 29 07:24:58 localhost : It took 3.492382 seconds to finish launching.
Jul 29 07:24:58 localhost : It took 0.021071 seconds to perform the Installation Check
Jul 29 07:24:58 localhost : Installation checks failed.
Jul 29 07:24:59 localhost : Installation check failure. (null). This software cannot be installed on this computer..
Jul 29 07:25:02 localhost : It took 6.777436 seconds to do the initial process of the targets
bobw - Aug 9, 2005 - 2:18 pm
Hi Kamran
Apple ships disks that are machine specific, so the disk that came with the new PowerBook won't install on the older machine.
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Bobw - Macosx.com Tech Support
Apple ships disks that are machine specific, so the disk that came with the new PowerBook won't install on the older machine.
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Bobw - Macosx.com Tech Support
kamsmart - Aug 9, 2005 - 2:41 pm
So, do I need a new fresh copy of Tiger from the store in order to install Tiger on my older PB?
That is a good way for Apple to make money ...
That is a good way for Apple to make money ...
bobw - Aug 9, 2005 - 2:45 pm
Kamran
Yes you do need a retail version of Tiger to install on the older machine.
This isn'y a way for Apple to take money from you, it's just that they include the system disks in the price of the machine being sold.
And it's illegal to install the same disk on more than one machine with only having one license. This is true for PC systems as well, not that we all follow that.
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Bobw - Macosx.com Tech Support
Yes you do need a retail version of Tiger to install on the older machine.
This isn'y a way for Apple to take money from you, it's just that they include the system disks in the price of the machine being sold.
And it's illegal to install the same disk on more than one machine with only having one license. This is true for PC systems as well, not that we all follow that.
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Bobw - Macosx.com Tech Support
kamsmart - Aug 9, 2005 - 2:49 pm
Thank you Bob for your prompt replies. I really appreciate it.
I will try to get a retail version of Tiger then. I am quite surprised though that Apple is making OS discs which are machine specific. Honestly, that is the first time that I ever came to know of such machine specific OS installation discs. I am aware of the serial numbers on windows installation discs, but not this!
Anyways. Thanks again for your help!
Regards,
Kamran
I will try to get a retail version of Tiger then. I am quite surprised though that Apple is making OS discs which are machine specific. Honestly, that is the first time that I ever came to know of such machine specific OS installation discs. I am aware of the serial numbers on windows installation discs, but not this!
Anyways. Thanks again for your help!
Regards,
Kamran
bobw - Aug 9, 2005 - 2:55 pm
Kamran
My pleasure.
In the past, prior to OS X, all Mac disks that came with machines were machine specific. They stop when OS X was released, but started again about a year ago.
At least we don't need serial numbers, and can install the retail versions on as many machines as you want to.
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Bobw - Macosx.com Tech Support
My pleasure.
In the past, prior to OS X, all Mac disks that came with machines were machine specific. They stop when OS X was released, but started again about a year ago.
At least we don't need serial numbers, and can install the retail versions on as many machines as you want to.
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Bobw - Macosx.com Tech Support
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