Ouch, Panther installation woes...

[jvaska]

My G4/400/AGP just will not install OSX.

When I try to use the Panther disk I can't even get to the installer - I just get a grey screen...

I CAN install OS 10.1.3 but after it installs I can't get it to launch - I end up at a grey screen.

I've done a clean install...

I've checked RAM...I've done the firmware upgrade...

Well, using control/option/shift/delete has got me booted into 10.1.3 but I still can't get 10.3.3 to boot. Ack...

Any help out there?

[jvaska]

Well, now I can't do anything...

Booting into Safe Mode (shift after opening sound) gives me a kernel panic. Holding down control/option/shift/delete gives me the same kernel panic.

Here are some details from the panic:

panic(cpu 0): Unable to find driver for this platform: "PowerMac3,1".

Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x0008389C 0x0008389C 0x0001ED8C (more this stuff stuff...)
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x00495599)
PC=0x0000000; etc, etc... (Unknown)

Kernel Version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.2.0:
Thu Dec 11 16:20:23 PST 2003; root:xnu/xnu-517.3.7.0bj~1/REALEASE_PPC


No debugger configured - dumping debug information
MSR=00001030
// same as above...
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x0008389C 0x0008389C 0x0001ED8C (more this stuff stuff...)
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x00495599)
PC=0x0000000; etc, etc... (Unknown)

Kernel Version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.2.0:
Thu Dec 11 16:20:23 PST 2003; root:xnu/xnu-517.3.7.0bj~1/REALEASE_PPC


panic: We are hanging here...

...! I think I'm in way over my head but hope that something might make sense to somebody...v

[King Cobra]

Well you know what they say about black cats...

That bunch of coding up there looks pretty technical, so you might want to mosey on over to thetechpub (www.thetechpub.com/phpBB2/) and post about your installation woes (in detail -- computer, RAM, OS, cause/effect) over there for assistance if the advice you get here doesn't help you out.

[msbsound]

Sorry, not an answer to your problem, but I also tried upgrading an office machine(G4 400/AGP) and I got the same thing. I actually had to give up and reinstall OS9 after a couple days of trying EVERYTHING. There was a thread of about 15 to 20 people trying to help me on macrumors, and nothing worked.


http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=56241

That should link to our discussion and everything we tried.

I hope you have better luck!