[awesome73]

Hi everyone. I have a 300MHz Clamshell iBook that I recently got a new 20GB internal hard drive for. I successfully installed this hard drive after removing the old 3GB one. My problem started when I attempted to format this drive for the first time and install OS 10.3 (Panther). I partitioned the disk (one partition) and formatted, but when I installed the OS, I got through Base System Part 1 okay only to have the installation quit with the error message "Errors were encountered. Please try again."

I know the hardware doesn't have any problems, as the disk is brand new, I've done the procedure before on another Clamshell with no problems, and everything was peachy keen on that iBook (as the OS was already installed on the disk). Could anyone please 1) tell me what I'm doing wrong, 2) walk me through the correct procedure, and/or 3) point me to external links where this procedure is described?

Again, I just need to format the disk and install OS 10.3 so I can use my tricked-out Clamshell. Thank you in advance very, very much!!!!!

[HowEver]

Hard drives fail, some after 10 years, some after 10 days.

I realize it's a PITA but it might be better to take out the hard drive and try to install OSX on it while it's in another machine or better yet an external FireWire enclosure.

[teknopimp]

'tricked-out', heh...

anyhoo, was Panther already on the old hard drive? if not then which os?

[bund]

1. Clean the cd drive with a lens cleaner cd.
2. Installing options for osX10.3: add the x11 system (I had problems installing panther on my 300MHZ clamshell too, choosing the optional x11 package during the installation procedure helped, I don't know why)