Powerbook G4 DVI Titanium/startup kernel panic

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  tag me back Posts: 121member

  June 5, 2006 9:00PM

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  Originally posted by drazztikka
  
  Hi,
  
  
  
  got a weird situation here...
  
  
  
  I need 10.2.8 in order to run a program that doesn't run on another OS.
  
  What I did:
  
  
  
  -Wiped HD, made 2 partitions with another mac with the powerbook in firewire target mode, one for 10.2, one for 10.3
  
  -Installed 10.2.1
  
  -Tried sofware update to install 10.2.8: installer hangs
  
  -Donwloaded 10.2.8 combo update from apple.com
  
  -Installed it, now I get a kernel Panic just after the apple logo appears on screen.
  
  -I resetted Power management
  
  -Resetted PRAM
  
  -Still kernel panic
  
  
  
  Now what could this be?
  
  
  
  A bad 10.2.8 update download?
  
  
  
  Is there a regular 10.2.8 update? Not combo...?
  
  What is a combo update anyway?
  
  
  
  Suggestions?
  

  
  

  
  
  I think your FW partitioning is at fault. Get a 10.2.whatever install cd. Boot from it. Go into the apple menu and 'open disk utility'. Partition. Install. Update.
• Reply 2 of 2

  drazztikka Posts: 240member

  June 6, 2006 12:03PM

  I didn't know I could use disk utility when booting from cd.
  
  
  
  Anyway, I sorted it out few days ago.
  
  I found a document on the apple support pages that I am unable to update from 10.2.1 to 10.2.8 directly. I had to install 10.2.6 first.
  
  
  
  All is working now...
  
  
  
  Anyway, thanks for the reply...