Hiya
I have two ibooks (1.33ghz, 512mb ram) and a brand new Leopard family pack DVD (carries 10.5.4) from the Apple store.
Installing Leopard on the first one went like a dream, no issues. It's working fine now.
The second one has been a nightmare. Did an erase and install then:
1. verify DVD failed
2. cleaned DVD and retried. Passed verify.
3. Install failed - couldn't find a file. Cleaned DVD and retried.
4. Install hung - showing 3 hours to go and hung.
5. Reset PRAM on the iBook and tried again. (erase and install)
6. Deselected all the optional installs for just a core-only install.
7. Success! Successfully installed (45 minutes), with success message on screen.
8. Reboot failed - showed grey screen with apple logo and spinning circle for 30 mins.
9. Rebooted with the Leopard DVD and repaired permissions on the HD (a few permissions repaired) and repaired the HD (no errors reported).
10 .Still boot failure (stalls on grey screen with apple logo and spinning circle.)
11. Reset PRAM and tried booting again. Still boot failure as in 10.
Help me please, I've spent two days trying to install Leopard on this iBook
I have two ibooks (1.33ghz, 512mb ram) and a brand new Leopard family pack DVD (carries 10.5.4) from the Apple store.
Installing Leopard on the first one went like a dream, no issues. It's working fine now.
The second one has been a nightmare. Did an erase and install then:
1. verify DVD failed
2. cleaned DVD and retried. Passed verify.
3. Install failed - couldn't find a file. Cleaned DVD and retried.
4. Install hung - showing 3 hours to go and hung.
5. Reset PRAM on the iBook and tried again. (erase and install)
6. Deselected all the optional installs for just a core-only install.
7. Success! Successfully installed (45 minutes), with success message on screen.
8. Reboot failed - showed grey screen with apple logo and spinning circle for 30 mins.
9. Rebooted with the Leopard DVD and repaired permissions on the HD (a few permissions repaired) and repaired the HD (no errors reported).
10 .Still boot failure (stalls on grey screen with apple logo and spinning circle.)
11. Reset PRAM and tried booting again. Still boot failure as in 10.
Help me please, I've spent two days trying to install Leopard on this iBook