[Hamgard]

hi

I'm going to take the plunge and upgrade my OS from 10.2.8 to 10.3. I know it's taken a long time, but...better late etc.

I have a 17" G4 iMac with 768Mb RAM and a 160Gb hard drive + 2 x 120Gb fw hd's. My current system is located on a partition of the internal drive and is backed up on a fw partition.

I want to retain all my current settings, so what is my best method of upgrading? What tips are there - do's and don'ts?

Thanks

[cpac]

best/safest/easiest way to "upgrade" is to just do an "archive and install" using the Panther disks.

This will not touch your home folder, but will create an entirely fresh copy of the System.

I'd then go ahead and run Software Update to get everything up to 10.3.7 and finish it off by repairing permissions.

I have no advice as to partitioning or whatnot - I've never felt the need to do that at all, and all has always been well.

[deboerjo]

With 10.4 just around the corner, you might want to hold off on the purchase of 10.3 and wait to buy 10.4. Unless you've already bought 10.3 or it was given to you or something. Then by all means, upgrade asap, it's worth it

[bergy]

Before Installing

1. Backup valuable data

2. Repair Disk and Permissions

These steps will check for, and usually repair, any corruption on your OS X boot volume

(1) Boot from your Mac OS X Install Disc 1 CD. Put CD in drive, wait for it to show up on the desktop, then go to upper left of screen under the Apple menu and choose restart. Immediately hold the "c" key down until you see the apple logo.

(2) When the Installer window opens, select Installer > Disk Utility from the Apple® menu bar.

(3) When the Disk Utility window opens, select "Macintosh HD" in the list on the left.

(4) Select the First Aid tab on the right

(5) Select the "Repair Disk" button on the lower right of the screen.
If errors are returned repeat this process 2 or 3 times untill they are gone.

If you still get errors then you will need to use a third-party disk utility to repair your Mac OS X boot volume, such as Alsoft® Disk Warrior®

(6) After Repair Disk completes, quit Disk Utility. Focus returns to Installer.

(7) Quit the Installer. When prompted select Restart.

Next:

Repair permissions: Close all files and applications on the disk you want to repair. Go to Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility and double click it. Then select "Macintosh HD" in the left panel and First Aid at the top. Then click on "Repair Permissions."

Unplug all your peripherals except your mouse and keyboard before installing

Take a look at these ...

Apple - Archive and Install
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120

Partitioning?
http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=220115

Also ....
After updating to Panther and after any update .. Repair permissions:
Here is a document that goes into more detail about installs in general, and the options if you choose to customize ... very well written.

Panther Installation Process
http://discussions.info.apple.com/We...f1.0@.599b3b48
Good luck ... You will love Panther!

[Hamgard]

Originally posted by bergy:
Before Installing

1. Backup valuable data

2. Repair Disk and Permissions

These steps will check for, and usually repair, any corruption on your OS X boot volume

(1) Boot from your Mac OS X Install Disc 1 CD. Put CD in drive, wait for it to show up on the desktop, then go to upper left of screen under the Apple menu and choose restart. Immediately hold the "c" key down until you see the apple logo.

(2) When the Installer window opens, select Installer > Disk Utility from the Apple® menu bar.

(3) When the Disk Utility window opens, select "Macintosh HD" in the list on the left.

(4) Select the First Aid tab on the right

(5) Select the "Repair Disk" button on the lower right of the screen.
If errors are returned repeat this process 2 or 3 times untill they are gone.

If you still get errors then you will need to use a third-party disk utility to repair your Mac OS X boot volume, such as Alsoft® Disk Warrior®

(6) After Repair Disk completes, quit Disk Utility. Focus returns to Installer.

(7) Quit the Installer. When prompted select Restart.

Next:

Repair permissions: Close all files and applications on the disk you want to repair. Go to Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility and double click it. Then select "Macintosh HD" in the left panel and First Aid at the top. Then click on "Repair Permissions."

Unplug all your peripherals except your mouse and keyboard before installing

Take a look at these ...

Apple - Archive and Install
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120

Partitioning?
http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=220115

Also ....
After updating to Panther and after any update .. Repair permissions:
Here is a document that goes into more detail about installs in general, and the options if you choose to customize ... very well written.

Panther Installation Process
http://discussions.info.apple.com/We...f1.0@.599b3b48
Good luck ... You will love Panther!

Brilliantly helpful, thanks.

Happy Christmas from SW England

Peter