I have had the same problem with my G4, don't worry, 9.1 works fine (in fact I found it better then 9.2) with Mac OS X Nick On Tuesday, December 18, 2001, at 12:51 am, Payton Cannon wrote: > > Hello - here we go ..... I'm on a bronze firewire, G3 Powerbook. I > want to go to OS X. I'm presently on OS 9.2. I understand that OS X > requires at least OS 9.2.1 as a classic mode to function correctly, > and now there's an improved updater out yet - that of OS 9.2.2. OK > ... so far so good. > > Now, on attempting to install the OS 9.2.1 updater over my squeaky > clean install of 9.2 w/ absolutely no third party add on in addition > to what is in the installer, I repeatedly get the impasse of a > dialogue box saying, "This cannot be installed over existing system; > choose a different destination disc or perform a clean install." Yet > this is an updater and cannot be installed over a reformatted HD - > believe me I tried that too! It's direct from the apple site and > authentic. > > Needless to say, I haven't gotten to the OS 9.2.2 updater, much less OS > X. > > Any suggestions? > > P.S. I did previously try an install of OS X w/my current system and > the results were someless than satisfactory - 9.2.1 and now 9.2.2 are > the ideal and recommended classic modes. > > > Users can subscribe to the List by sending an email to > <muglo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field > > Users can unsubscribe from the List by sending an email to > <muglo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > Users must send messages or replies to <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > All messages are archived so that you can view them at any time by > going to <//www.freelists.org/archives/muglo> > > Problems concerning use of the FreeList should be sent to > <paulthomas@xxxxxxx> > > Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: > > http://muglo.on.ca/ > > Users can subscribe to the List by sending an email to <muglo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field Users can unsubscribe from the List by sending an email to <muglo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field Users must send messages or replies to <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> All messages are archived so that you can view them at any time by going to <//www.freelists.org/archives/muglo> Problems concerning use of the FreeList should be sent to <paulthomas@xxxxxxx> Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/