[AATVEDIT]

I have an issue that has me whipped.

I purchased FCS 3 and when beginning installation I would get a kernal panic and have to restart computer. I tried again and then it would begin install of first disk and then it would go to install failed. It continued this after numerous tries. I then decided to make disk images of the disks and install them via dmg files. It would also not completely get through the first disk. I have another mac pro so I made disk images with that computer with no problem. I then put the dmg files on the first mac and it installed all fine as dmg's. So my thought was, maybe the optical drives are messed up. I took the drives out of the "good" computer and put into the "faulty one". Tried installing a program from disk again and still have install failure........
I then tried to burn a movie clip and it burns fine.

So they burn ok. They recognize disks fine. but can't install programs.
So im thinking it maybe a OS problem. I have Snow leopard, but no install disks. And even if I did the darn thing may not install. Or maybe a ribbon cable problem.



Any ideas or suggestions?


Also every time I start up and sign on to the computer I get some sort of start up warning Like some start up files not working etc. I cannot remember what it is but I will find it in a second and post it.




HERE IT IS.

Insecure Startup Items folder detected.
Items in the Startup Items folder (“/Library/StartupItems/”) have not been started because the folder does not have the proper security settings.

[AATVEDIT]

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So we are all stumped......?

[chscag]

Originally Posted by AATVEDIT

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So we are all stumped......?

Find your Snow Leopard install DVD (or buy another) and do a clean install. You've got some screwed up permissions which sounds like either a bad install or upgrade to Snow Leopard.

You can at least eliminate the startup items problem by opening that folder and removing whatever programs that are there. But in any event, I would do a clean install. Of course backup everything first with Time Machine.

Regards.