I have been trying to load OSX 10.2 on my Powerbook G3 1st generation with 300mhz processor and 192mb ram on the original 8gb hard drive. The hard drive is set up with two partitions with OS 9.2 sucessfully running on one of the partitions. There are two CD discs in the OSX v10.2 set and after the first disc is installed (to the second hard drive partition) it says it was successful and reboots. (unsure what the second CD disc is for, as I have never been able to get past the first). Upon rebooting the familiar apple logo comes up and then it immediately freezes and has thin black vertical lines all across the center of the screen. I have re-formatted the drive a couple of times, reloading both OS9.2 (successfully working) then after trying to install the OSX 10.2 it freezes to the same result. I have tried to hold down the shift key at start up to try and get into safe mode, however it will then just boot into OS 9.2. I have tried resetting the PRAM to no avail. I have started up with the CD and run the utility program to verify permissions and all is fine, but still will freeze on start up of 10.2. Meanwhile I can boot into OS 9.2 and run with no problems. According to EveryMac.com this machine will run OS 10.2.8.
Could this set of install discs I have be bad? If so, would they load until the computer says that the installation was successful and then freeze on start up ???
The discs are original Apple product and just in case it matters, the numbers on the disc set say:
Disc 1: Version 10.2
2Z691-3704-A
Disc 2: Version 10.2
2Z691-3705-A
Any thoughts or advice is greatly appreciated.
Could this set of install discs I have be bad? If so, would they load until the computer says that the installation was successful and then freeze on start up ???
The discs are original Apple product and just in case it matters, the numbers on the disc set say:
Disc 1: Version 10.2
2Z691-3704-A
Disc 2: Version 10.2
2Z691-3705-A
Any thoughts or advice is greatly appreciated.