panic: we are hanging here....

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Andy Moore Author

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panic: we are hanging here....

I am trying to reinstall 10.4 and I keep getting that error message.

What gives???

Andy

imac G5 20; imac G5 x2; imac intel x2; ibook G4; macbook air; ipod touch, Mac OS X (10.5.7), iphone 3G

Posted on Sep 14, 2009 6:25 AM

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Klaus1

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Sep 14, 2009 8:29 AM in response to Andy Moore

That has come up before and the problem turned out to be that the Install CD/DVD being used was not new enough for the Mac in question.

In general you need to use either the Install disks that came with your particular Mac or a retail version of the OS X disks that dates from after the time of release of your Mac model.

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Andy Moore Author

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Sep 14, 2009 11:33 AM in response to Klaus1

Thanks.

Okay, I moved on to trying with my Leopard disks. They must be new enough, but when I reboot my iMac wont start up and the fans blow full-blast.

Any ideas?

Andy

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