[gloglo]

Hello all. I recently purchased a used iBook G3 for $300 on ebay to have as a second computer. Every time I try to install Tiger it freezes during the second installation screen, right after picking the language to use. I can't think of any obvious reason why this might be. I only really want to install Tiger so it'll recognise my iPod as well as run some programs that don't like 10.1 (the most recent version of VLC, for instance).

Thanks in advance for any input you might have.

[marcelog4]

Hi..I have a ibook g3/366 firewire Clamshell with Tiger runnig well...startup from the installer disk and run Disk Utility (FILE - DISK UTILITY) and repair permissions on the target disk...so if your ibook don´t have firewire maybe Tiger not work. if so..use XpostFacto 4.0 from macupdate.com.

[gloglo]

Thanks for the help! It does have FireWire...I'll try the disk perimssions thing and see if it works. Thanks again.

[Pao|o]

Your iBook may be broken or your Tiger installer is faulty.

[Dave B]

How much RAM is in the iBook?

While you might be able to install Tiger––especially over firewire––it won't boot with less than 256 MB.

(Panther will boot with 128 MB, but not Tiger)

[gloglo]

Ooh, I think that's my answer, it only has 128.

Thanks!