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Operating System Specific Discussions => MorphOS => MorphOS -- Hardware requirements and availability discussion => Topic started by: LoadWB on June 18, 2015, 03:44:06 AM
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I'm trying to load MorphOS 3.8 on a 400MHz AGP (ATI) PowerMac 3,1. It gets a couple hundred files into the copy and hangs.
It has 512MB RAM and I've replaced the hard drive as the original was loud and dying. I had this problem back with MorphOS 3.2 and just gave up for the time being (especially since the 3,1 wasn't fully supported.)
I suspect this hard drive is going bad, as well, even though it passes all tests. Although, I suppose the problem could be (or could also be) the DVD drive.
Has anyone else come across this problem, and if so what was your resolution? FWIW, I was able to do a full Windows XP installation on this drive, which is why I started leaning more toward the DVD drive being an issue. I don't want to give up on this as I think it would make a nice MorphOS machine for someone.
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You could try installing from a USB stick. There is an official guide at morphos.de.
I had the same problem once or twice on several machines, but it worked out by trying again, after a reboot.