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Tiger won't install
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Jun 2, 2005, 08:28 PM
 
Hi,

I bought a family pack for Tiger and had one license left, so I decided I would upgrade my B&W from OpenDarwin to Tiger. I have not been able to install yet. Here is the situation:

I boot up with the DVD, the disc formats correctly, and starts to install
about half way I get "There were errors installing the software please try again"

I open the Installer Log and see:

BomFatalError - cpio read error: bad file format
Install failed: Some files for Essentials may not have been written correctly.
Private/Total = (10.3MB, 36.3MB), Heap/Total = (3.5MB,18.4MB), Regions(malloc, private) = (49,28)

I have tried two different hard drives, and the same thing happened on both. Both hard drives are attached to a Tempo 133 card. I have never had any problems with the card and OpenDarwin or 10.2. I currently have the DVD hooked up to the ultra0 channel, should I switch this to the ide channel?

If anyone has any ideas please let me know, I've been pulling my hair out over this for a few days. Thanks.
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Jun 2, 2005, 08:32 PM
 
does your computer meet the system requirements here...?
http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/requirements.html
     
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Jun 2, 2005, 08:33 PM
 
I found this mention on the internet with no fixes or solutions:

http://discussions.info.apple.com/we...0@.68ae0327/16
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Jun 2, 2005, 08:48 PM
 
Originally Posted by fulmer
does your computer meet the system requirements here...?
http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/requirements.html

Yup, 350mhz, ATI 9200(not quite sure), 200gig, 640 RAM, built in Firewire. One HD has 80gig free space, where I'm trying to install, the second one has 110 free space.
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