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I have been stymied in my attempts to use the install disks from a 20 inch Imac to install Leopard onto my trusty old 12 inch Ibook G4 1.2 ghz with 768 mb ram and a 160 gb hard drive. The installation always fails right away with the warning that 'OS X can not be installed on this computer.' I have no idea why, as the machine obviously meets the minimum specifications for the install.
The only thing I've noticed is that the build number for OS X that came with the Imac is 9A3129, which obviously differs from the build number 9A581 which is the GM for the standard OS X version. Perhaps build 9A3129 will only install on the Imac?
I have saved the install log. Any help deciphering it would be appreciated. If people think buying a new copy of os x might work, please let me know. Thanks for your help.
Dec 9 07:04:27 localhost LCA[65]: Folder Manager is being asked to create a folder (cach) while running as uid 0
Dec 9 07:04:28 localhost LCA[65]: Folder Manager is being asked to create a folder (asav) while running as uid 0
Dec 9 07:04:29 localhost LCA[65]: Found primary language hint 'en'
Dec 9 07:04:34 localhost LCA[65]: Launching the Installer using language code 'English'
Dec 9 07:04:35 localhost /System/Installation/CDIS/Mac OS X Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Mac OS X Installer[152]: vm_allocate: 0, 0x200e4000 - 0x400e4000
Dec 9 07:04:35 localhost /System/Installation/CDIS/Mac OS X Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Mac OS X Installer[152]: vm_protect: 0
Dec 9 07:04:35 localhost OSInstaller[152]: Mac OS X Installer application started
Dec 9 07:04:35 localhost OSInstaller[152]: 1 display(s) found.
Dec 9 07:04:35 localhost OSInstaller[152]: Display[1] is using OpenGL acceleration.
Dec 9 07:04:35 localhost OSInstaller[152]: @(#)PROGRAM:Install PROJECT:Install-374
Dec 9 07:04:35 localhost OSInstaller[152]: @(#)PROGRAM:Mac OS X Installer PROJECT:OSInstaller-88.1
Dec 9 07:04:35 localhost OSInstaller[152]: Hardware: PowerBook6,5 @ 1.20 GHz, 768 MB RAM
Dec 9 07:04:35 localhost OSInstaller[152]: Running OS Build: Mac OS X 10.5 (9A3129)
Dec 9 07:04:35 localhost OSInstaller[152]: Env: DYLD_NO_FIX_PREBINDING=1
Dec 9 07:04:35 localhost OSInstaller[152]: Env: PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
Dec 9 07:04:35 localhost OSInstaller[152]: Env: PWD=/
Dec 9 07:04:35 localhost OSInstaller[152]: Env: SHLVL=1
Dec 9 07:04:35 localhost OSInstaller[152]: Env: OS_INSTALL=1
Dec 9 07:04:35 localhost OSInstaller[152]: Env: _=/System/Installation/CDIS/LCA.app/Contents/MacOS/LCA
Dec 9 07:04:37 localhost OSInstaller[152]: Opening OSInstall package '/System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg'.
Dec 9 07:04:37 localhost OSInstaller[152]: Installation checks failed.
Dec 9 07:04:37 localhost OSInstaller[152]: Installation check failures: This software cannot be installed on this computer.
Dec 9 07:04:39 localhost OSInstaller[152]: Folder Manager is being asked to create a folder (asav) while running as uid 0
Dec 9 07:05:14 localhost Unknown[66]: 2007-12-09 07:05 Mac OS X Installer[152] (CarbonCore.framework) FSEventStreamStart: ERROR: FSEvents_connect() => Unknown service name (1102)
Dec 9 07:05:17 localhost OSInstaller[152]: installAutoFSMonitor: open failed