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kapu511 - Jul 28, 2008 - 1:18 am

I am trying to upgrade from OS X 10.4.1 to 10.4.2, I downloaded the update and started installing, but i get this message : Installing this software require 125 MB of space. You cannot install MAC OS X update on this volume. ......

I just installed another 160 GB worth of Hard Drive and more RAM. It is saying none of those HDs are meeting the requirements of this update. I am not sure what to do next or where else I can install the update.

Any solutions are welcome!


BTW- Check out my system profile: Should be enough to download an update, right?

Thanks in advance!

gsahli - Jul 28, 2008 - 6:43 am

Updates get installed on the "startup disk" only.
You haven't said what the size of the startup disk is and how much space you have there.
It sounds like you may need to install OS X on the new hard drive so you will have more space. Or, move some personal files - songs, documents, etc to the new large drive and delete them from the startup drive to make space.

Come back with more detail if I haven't guessed correctly.

kapu511 - Jul 28, 2008 - 11:24 am

Thank you for your quick response! I have not checked the start up disk space. I also cannot access the other drives when installing the update. All the drives with sufficient space read with the "red exclaimation" that says I cannot install on that volume. Why would it read that on drives I just installed and partitioned?

Also, what amount of space is sufficient for the start up disk? If I do transfer songs from Itunes to another drive,(which I think is the bulk of my HD space), will I need to re-import them into Itunes?

kapu511 - Jul 28, 2008 - 11:25 am

One more thing...

Where do I check the start up disk space?

gsahli - Jul 28, 2008 - 1:29 pm

Updates can only go on the startup disk - the one that already has Mac OS X installed. Updates aren't complete installs of OS X - just updates :-)
To find out space on a hard drive single-click to highlight it, then do Command - i (apple key and i at same time).
I'm not an iTunes user, maybe this will help:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...unes%2Blibrary

Your startup disk needs to always have 15 % of total space available, because OS X automatically uses hard drive space when it runs out of RAM.

kapu511 - Jul 29, 2008 - 1:13 am

I copied my itunes and Iphoto folders to another harddrive, as those were the bulk of the system drive. I still cannot update my OS.. It is still saying that the volumes are not sufficent. I have 130 gb of HD space on the system drive. What else can I do to create more start of disk space?

gsahli - Jul 29, 2008 - 9:01 am

Now that you've moved files, I'm suspecting something else is wrong. Try booting up with the Original install CD/DVD. Put in the DVD, restart and hold down the c key until you can tell it is using the DVD for startup. Answer the language choice, but Don't Continue the install! Find Disk Utility in the Utilities menu and Repair the Startup Disk.

kapu511 - Jul 29, 2008 - 11:18 am

I just installed the Panther-Tiger update. Can I just use this disk? Or do I need to use the Original OS x disk that came with the computer?

gsahli - Jul 29, 2008 - 3:56 pm

Yes, I think there's a Disk Utility on the upgrade CDs, too.
Start from that, then look for Disk Utility in the top menus.