waradmin Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 I have tried to install this software twice and get the error after the installation that says: There were errors installing the software Please try installing again. Has this happened to anyone before and if so are there any fixes. Im using the DVD Easy Install with a SSE2 P4. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3807-there-were-errors-installing-the-software/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 Hey guys. Yeah, I am installing on my desktop right now and am having the same problem. This was supposedly through a "Generic Install" DVD. My board is a intel 865gbf w/ a geforce 5200... Oh, and I was able to check out my Install Log. BomFileError 5: Input/output error - /./System/Library/Frameworks/Quartz.framework/Versions/A/...classes.nib Install failed: Some files for base system may not have been written correctly What this tells me is there may be a problem with the DVD's or our DVD writers. Either/or. Anywho, I'm gonna give it another whirl, perhaps reburning the DVD may help to if you have an image on your PC! Edit: Ok I've reburned and I still get this same error. I have also tried doing a custom install with and without printers and dev tools... Tony Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3807-there-were-errors-installing-the-software/#findComment-24311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
waradmin Posted October 25, 2005 Author Share Posted October 25, 2005 Here is what I did and i am able to boot to the OS i just need to use the DVD everytime i want to boot. When the DVD boots it says press enter to install and press F8 to view advanced options. Then type in: rd=disk0s1 I believe its df but you can type in ? to view the boot options. What your doing is selecting the disk you want to boot off of and the partition on that disk. In my case it was disk 0 (primary HD) and partition 1. Works for me. I cant get the bootloader to install, i assume thats what the problem is. Hope this helps. Sadly im not able to select a Startup device once im in the OS so i need to continue to boot off the DVD. -Steve http://www.open-server.org Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3807-there-were-errors-installing-the-software/#findComment-24364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 Has anyone else here using the Generic DVD for x86 encountered this yet? Any workarounds? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3807-there-were-errors-installing-the-software/#findComment-26038 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabio Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 Has anyone else here using the Generic DVD for x86 encountered this yet? Any workarounds? I have this problem too....: i have tried to install Mac OS from Generic DVD and during install I have obtained the same problem. The problem seems related to the installation's write process so I have tried to change the dimension of the partition in which I have tried to install mac OS...increasing the partition dimension the error come out after! I hope this can help to solve the problem! hi to all fabio Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3807-there-were-errors-installing-the-software/#findComment-26054 Share on other sites More sharing options...
llandru Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 I hope this can help to solve the problem! I tried this with two different partitions sizes and it fails the same way each time. It doesnt always fail at the same point either. I was told on IRC that this is a bad DVD-R problem, but the DVD-R passes the media check part of the install process....wtf? So I tried another DVD-R, and lo and behold, it installed perfectly. Make sure that your DVR-R is 'not {censored}', and this problem shoud go away. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3807-there-were-errors-installing-the-software/#findComment-28092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfn Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 I have encountered this error trying to upgrade a working 10.4.1 installation to 8f1099. I verified the checksum of my ISO file before patching, and I burned it to an Imation DVD-R on a G5 using the Disk Utility. I let the installer check my DVD and it didn't say there were any errors. I've tried installing twice. Should I just go and try to burn the DVD again? Any other ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3807-there-were-errors-installing-the-software/#findComment-33447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfn Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 An update: I decided to try installing from the DVD a third time. It went farther than before - and then hung at "Runinng Installer Script, 16 minutes remaining" for over 20 minutes until I restarted. So it's clearly some sort of flaky problem. Again, I've deselected the language packs and printer drivers, so there's only 200-some megabytes that it says it needs to install. My own CD-RW/DVD drives creates tons of weird noises and never seems to get past the gray screen (or maybe I didn't give it enough time). So I have been using my roommate's drive (we all have the same computers through a college deal) which makes more subdued but still weird noises with the disc, and does get to the installer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3807-there-were-errors-installing-the-software/#findComment-33476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfn Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 Another update: I tried doing a fresh install with the same DVD, and it worked! At least, the install procedure went smoothly and finished without errors, though now I get a kernel panic when trying to boot. 5+ tries to upgrade crashed or hung, but selecting "Erase and Install" worked. Wow. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3807-there-were-errors-installing-the-software/#findComment-33811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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