[madgreek]

I just set up my father's new 20" iMac which comes with 10.3 and I updated to 10.3.1, but when I attempt to open either an Self Mounting Image (.smi) file or Disk Image File (.dmg)file I get the following error message:

"Warning, The following disk images failed to mount. Reason, error -536870208"

I have never seen this error before and I tested the files on my PowerBook G4 DVI with 10.3.1 and they open fine. Any ideas on this?

[hldan]

Originally posted by madgreek:
I just set up my father's new 20" iMac which comes with 10.3 and I updated to 10.3.1, but when I attempt to open either an Self Mounting Image (.smi) file or Disk Image File (.dmg)file I get the following error message:

"Warning, The following disk images failed to mount. Reason, error -536870208"

I have never seen this error before and I tested the files on my PowerBook G4 DVI with 10.3.1 and they open fine. Any ideas on this?

Cool screen on that new 20". 2 options, You could repair permissions by using Disk Utility which may correct the issue or since it's a new computer and hopefully you haven't installed a bunch of apps yet then I would get out the included Panther CD or DVD install discs and do a complete erase and install. THe most effect way to erase is to use Disk Utility before attempting installation.
The reason that I recommend re-formatting the HD is because most likely it's not a Hardware issue, it's usually just bad software installed from the factory. It's happened on all three of my new Macs in the last 2 years. As a practice I just erase and install right out of the box now and this way you will have the option to include OS9 classic or leave it out.
Hope this helps.

[madgreek]

It seems doing a complete format and reinstall gets things working again. It's sad that this problem can happen but I'm glad I hadn't started installing new software yet.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

[gorickey]

What are your thoughts on the 20" iMac?

[madgreek]

Never having used an iMac before I must say that's it's really nice. I was afraid the screen would be to heavy for the arm, but that's not the case at all. I think that 256MB of RAM Apple puts in the non-user accessible slot is a bit low so I'm having a 512MB module installed this weekend. Though the computer is very zippy with OS X 10.3.1 and the 256MB.

I thought my 20" Cinema Display seemed bigger than the iMacs so I did some measurements and this is what I can up with:

20" iMac:
Diagonal = 20"
Vertical = 10.5"
Horizontal = 17"

20" Cinema Display:
Diagonal = 20.25"
Vertical = 10.75"
Horizontal = 17.25"

So it seems the iMac is a TRUE 20" and the Cinema Display is just a bit more. No one can complain on that ;-)