Comments on: Installing Tiger

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 17:22:33 +0000

Bob: I don’t think so but I don’t know much about the archive and install script and how it deals with system-level stuff. You might want to look into that before you do it.

I also don’t know if OS 9 drivers are essential for running classic or only for booting into OS 9 (which you may or may not be able to do on that PowerBook depending on its age).

Apple recommends the method you’re using as it is least prone to problems. I just don’t use it so don’t have direct experience with what gets archived and what does not.

Good luck and if possible, let us know how it went, what happened and what didn’t. Thanks for the comment.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 17:02:44 +0000

I am going to archive and install on a powerbook G4, 10.3.9 presently with some OS 9.2 applications that I need to continue to access via Classic. When I do intall Tiger is there a protocol that I should adhere to to make sure that I do not lose the ability to access those OS apps.?
Thanks!

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 11:23:30 +0000

Sathya,

Did you backup your photos and bookmarks before you formatted your disk? If not, they’re gone forever.

I think you can install just pieces of the original iBook CD to get world book and games but are you sure they are compatible with tiger? Be careful.

By: Sathya

Sathya — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 06:03:46 +0000

I formatted my disk and installed tiger on my ibook g3 800. Things are working beautifully fine.

I forgot to back up my photos and bookmarks. Any wizardy that can help.

I am unable to use the recovery disks to reinstall apps like world book and the games that came with my ibook

any suggestions.

By: Debg

Debg — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 17:59:15 +0000

Richard,
Thanks for the input. That’s what I was thinking. I sure hate to have to buy it when I have a copy just sitting here unused. I guess I will put off the upgrade a little longer.

Thanks again!

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 04:13:52 +0000

Deb: I’m pretty sure that the software install disks that come with machines are only for those machines and the generic Tiger install will install on any machine capable of running Tiger. It’s not a matter of licensing, it’s a matter of the resources for one machine not being on another machines’s install/backup CDs or DVDs.

Use the Tiger DVD if you can as it will work on anything.

By: Deb G

Deb G — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 01:22:56 +0000

Richard,
I have a 17″ Platinum G4 PowerBook currently running 10.3.3; 1.5 GHz processor. I replaced another iBook that died in my school’s lab (long story of student abuse). I have a copy of installer disks for iBook G4 and iMacG5 for Tiger. Does it matter which one I use to install Tiger? I’m not worried about licensing because I’m putting the software on the 17″ and keeping the iBook for parts, should I need them later.

Your site is great! I would appreciate your thoughts on this.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 25 May 2005 10:38:52 +0000

I doubt this is the reason your external drive is disapearing but an issue with Tiger and spotlight is turning off indexing on external drives that you do not want to be indexed. Every time I mount one of my external backup drives spotlight immediately starts grinding away indexing it… ugh.

So, here’s how to stop that.

Open system preferences
Click on Spotlight
Click on the privacy tab
Drag your external hard disk into the window: “Prevent Spotlight from searching (and indexing) these location.”

As long as you don’t rename the drive you’re set.

By: jacques

jacques — Tue, 24 May 2005 20:47:01 +0000

So far so good. All seems to be working extremely well and faster. I have tried all my apps and they all work; burnt a cd and a dvd with no problems. The only glitch seems to be the Lacie firewire drive icon which at times appears on the desktop and at times not. It seems to disappear sometimes when I use fast user switching. If I unplug the firewire lead and plug it back in again its icon reappears on the desktop; it never disappears from the system profiler though. Is this a tiger problem or a hardware problem? Otherwise everything is working brilliantly and faster with tiger including the printer and scanner.
thanks once more for your help.
I am now exploring the ways to share my files and printer between the 2 computers as it is not long since I’ve had the powerbook. No problems so far using airport. Any security issues I should be worried about?

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 17 May 2005 23:56:29 +0000

This is great news Jacques, glad it worked out. Don’t forget to test all your applications, like iCal and the like and burn a CD to make sure all is still working.