Jason Fleetwood-Boldt

- make a backup - upgrade pre-OS X system to OS 9.2 - read "before you install" document - collect network configuration - decide on installation method...

No, not with the installer as it is built. However, if you delete the files (or move them to a backup folder) inside of /Library/Receipts , the installer will then let you install an older version of Mac OS X in place of 10.3...

open Consol (/Applications/Utilities) choose View -> Show Log List click disclosure triangle next to /var/log select install.log ...

1. Go to About This Mac, Click twice the text where it says the Mac OS X Version (although this is not a button, the text will change). (Click once over this version number shows you the OS Build version, clicking twice gets you to...

The short name can be up to 255 bytes in length. If english is selected as the language, this means up to 127 characters in length. The short name may not contain spaces or special characters ( {} [] () ^!\#|&$?~) Unlike many unix systems,...

On the first page of the Setup Assistant, the country selection cannot be skipped. To skip the Your Apple ID page, select Dont create an Apple ID for me and click Continue On the next page, to skip the registration press Cmd-Q and click Skip when the...

The default install for Mac OS X 10.3 uses Discs 1 and 2 (including Additional apps, Printer drivers, Asian Fonts, and Language Translation) Disc 3 contains packages for X11 or additional language fonts. If you do not have Disc 2 or 3 CD available, yo can...

ANSWER: Journaling (or file system journaling)...

- you must select a destionation partition for Mac OS X that is completely within the first 8GB of the disk or the Mac OS installer will not allow the installation to continue. See KB article #106235 Mac OS X: Disk Appears Dimmed (or Grayed Out)...

1. Erase and Install PROS: provides a clean installation, allows yout o reset partitions, can install on any partition; CONS: all data on selected partition will be erased 2. Update PROS: installer will update Mac OS X...