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BaRiMzI · 2008-02-28, 20:11

Hello,

I have an iMac G5 with OS X Leopard installed. I have an e-book that I bought for class and can only view it through my browser as Adobe Digital Editions still doesn't work with Leopard. I want to install Tiger on my external hard drive. I've tried several times, each time I got stuck at the same place. I can boot off of the disk and choose the language etc., but when I click agree on the License Agreement, the beach ball will come up and not go away. The DVD looks fine and I verified it with Disk Utility which said that it was okay. I'm not sure what's the problem. Any help would be appreciated.

PB PM · 2008-02-28, 21:26

What kind of drive are you trying to install it on? Is the disk formatted to Mac OS Extended? If the drive is FAT16 or FAT32 Mac OS cannot install!

BaRiMzI · 2008-02-28, 21:37

According to Disk Utility it has an Apple Partition Map and it is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

PB PM · 2008-02-28, 21:55

Strange. Have you tried reformatting? I cannot think of any other reason that it would fail to install on an external.

BaRiMzI · 2008-02-28, 22:30

I haven't. I would rather not reformat as the biggest partition on the external hard drive is for Time Machine. I guess if it just won't work I'll let it be as I would much rather keep my back ups. Thanks for the help though.

PB PM · 2008-02-29, 01:21

Is it partitioned? If it is, just reformat the partition you want to install OSX on.

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PB PM Sneaky Punk Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC	2008-02-28, 21:26 What kind of drive are you trying to install it on? Is the disk formatted to Mac OS Extended? If the drive is FAT16 or FAT32 Mac OS cannot install! Website
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BaRiMzI Member Join Date: Oct 2005	2008-02-28, 21:37 According to Disk Utility it has an Apple Partition Map and it is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
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PB PM Sneaky Punk Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC	2008-02-28, 21:55 Strange. Have you tried reformatting? I cannot think of any other reason that it would fail to install on an external.
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BaRiMzI Member Join Date: Oct 2005	2008-02-28, 22:30 I haven't. I would rather not reformat as the biggest partition on the external hard drive is for Time Machine. I guess if it just won't work I'll let it be as I would much rather keep my back ups. Thanks for the help though.
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PB PM Sneaky Punk Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC	2008-02-29, 01:21 Is it partitioned? If it is, just reformat the partition you want to install OSX on.
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