I am trying to upgrade my G5 iMac from 10.48 to 10.411...without success. Installer marks a red ! saying the volume does not meet the requirements for the update. Any suggestions, or am I attempting the impossible? Rather not bump it up to Leopard, although that may be the last resort.
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Re: upgrading Tiger
Fri, May 2, 2008 - 12:17 PMThe first thing I would do is a complete back up. Then use an application such as Onyx (it's free) to perform all of the chron tasks as well as fixing the permissions. Then I'd try again.
I use the latest version of Leopard on my G4 Powerbook. The first thing I noticed after installing 10.5.0 was an increase in speed. As long as your applications support Leopard, I would unhesitatingly recommend it.
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Re: upgrading Tiger
Fri, May 2, 2008 - 1:13 PMwhat's the name of the updater you are running? is it the intel version?
A G5 iMac needs the PPC combo update.
Conversely, if you have the PPC update... are you sure it's a G5 and NOT an intel iMac? They looked pretty much identical... Apple > About this Mac will tell you definitively. -
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Fri, May 2, 2008 - 1:42 PMThat is what is so perplexing: I am using the MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.11PPC.dmg, and I know for sure it is a G5, because I got it a month before the Intel models became available. (2.1 GHz G5, to be precise) -
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Fri, May 2, 2008 - 3:07 PM38.45 GB. On a 500 GB drive, I know it's tricky to go below 10% freespace. Do I need more scratch? -
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Re: upgrading Tiger
Fri, May 2, 2008 - 9:50 PMHave you checked the Installer's log? It is available from the menus when you're running the update installer itself. It should explain where the failure is. -
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Re: upgrading Tiger
Sun, May 4, 2008 - 11:08 AMNot terribly enlightening log entry:
-imac-g5 : @(#)PROGRAM:Install PROJECT:Install-137 DEVELOPER:root BUILT:Jan 23 2006 20:09:15\n
-imac-g5 : @(#)PROGRAM:Installer PROJECT:Installer-86 DEVELOPER:root BUILT:Sep 2 2005 14:24:50\n
-imac-g5 : Hardware: PowerMac12,1 @ 2100 MHz, 1536 MB
-imac-g5 : Running OS Build: 8L127
-imac-g5 : Mac OS X Update Combined (PowerPC) Installation Log
-imac-g5 : Opened from: /Volumes/Mac OS X 10.4.11 Combined Update/MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.11PPC.pkg
-imac-g5 : It took 0.031583 seconds to load 7 UI sections
-imac-g5 : Distribution: Mac OS X Update Combined (PowerPC)
-imac-g5 : It took 0.496875 seconds to finish launching.
-imac-g5 : Installation checks completed successfully.
I tried 10.410 and 10.49 PowerPC upgrade packs as well, but same outcome: "The volume does not meet the requirements...."
Have run DiskUtil, Onyx, etc to fix permissions. The hardware is in order. -
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Sun, May 4, 2008 - 12:49 PMhuh. I'm stumped.
I'd try diskwarrior at this point. Unless there's more to that update log in Console... At this point it just confirms that you're running a 2.1GHz iMac G5 with 1.5GB of RAM. The only things I could think that possibly might disqualify your system would also prevent it from booting in the first place (GUID partition map, etc...), so booting from an external disk to check the HDD would be the last reasonable step before taking it to the genius bar. -
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Re: upgrading Tiger
Sun, May 4, 2008 - 7:18 PMNother thought, have you tried running 10.4.8 combo update overtop of your existing install?
if it runs, then it might reset whatever is interfering and you might be able to update. -
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Re: upgrading Tiger
Sun, May 4, 2008 - 10:33 PMAnother thought is to check the Receipts in /Library/Receipts/ and make sure it doesn't think you've already superseded this update. You should look for receipts named something like this:
MacOSXUpd10.4.10IntelPatch.pkg
MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.9Intel.pkg
MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.8Intel.pkg
MacOSXUpd10.4.9Intel.pkg
Of course, yours will not say Intel. :-)
What's your latest one?
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Re: upgrading Tiger
Sat, May 3, 2008 - 5:06 PMCan you boot in single user mode? Do you have full administrative privileges? When you run Disk Utility's repair permissions, does it repair anything under 10.4.8?
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Re: upgrading Tiger
Sun, May 4, 2008 - 3:44 PMHave you tried just using Software Update from the apple menu? Sometimes you cannot go directly from one version to one several versions later. You must install the ones in between, and the installer will know that, but may not tell you.
If it were my mac I'd just keep using Software Update until it says there are no more updates to apply. -
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Re: upgrading Tiger
Sun, May 4, 2008 - 4:25 PMSometimes software update does not update properly. I have had to reinstall updates using the Apple Support DL site on more than one occasion. -
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Re: upgrading Tiger
Sun, May 4, 2008 - 4:53 PMOnly turns up a ProKit update. -
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Re: upgrading Tiger
Sun, May 4, 2008 - 6:53 PMMore info.......things like A Better Finder or other System mods could be an issue. Below is from the Apple Support Page:
docs.info.apple.com/article.html
The Mac OS X 10.4.11 Update updates Mac OS X Tiger (versions 10.4 through 10.4.10) to version 10.4.11.
Important: Please read before installing
You may experience unexpected results if you have third-party system software modifications installed, or if you've modified the operating system through other means. (This does not apply to normal application software installation.)
The installation process should not be interrupted. If a power outage or other interruption occurs during installation, use the standalone installer (see below) from Apple Downloads to update.
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