27 hours to Tiger

GameMaster · 07-10-2004, 08:15 PM

I would like Tiger please, are there system requirements I should check first?

gekko · 07-10-2004, 08:24 PM

G3, G4, G5, DVD-ROM, 128MB RAM, built-in firewire, 2GB HD space.

Don't think you need the DVD-ROM, it just comes on a DVD. If you have 2 HDs, or 2 partitions, I'd recommend using one to install it on the other. I burned mine to DVD, but the installer didn't run. Wouldn't boot to the drive. I had to load up one OS, open the installer file (Systems/Packages/OSInstaller or something) and run it that way. Problem is you can't install onto the drive you boot up to, which is why you normally boot to CD. Thankfully, I have 2 drives, and one needed an upgrade from Jaguar

But if you got that, use bittorrent to download the file. If you've never used it before, you connect to multiple people, and share the file. You get bits and pieces from everybody else, and you also give up what you have to them. The good part, actually allows everyone with partial downloads to still help you. the bad side, if no one has the full file, you'll never finish. That happened to me with Panther, I would get 80% done and then everyone who had completed the download left, so there's no way to get the rest. So proper etiquette is to stay connected after you download it (or reconnect after you install.)

File link removed. Let me know if you still need it, or search google for tiger .torrent and you'll get what you want

GameMaster · 07-10-2004, 10:08 PM

I still want it, can I get from you through AIM or MSN?

gekko · 07-10-2004, 10:23 PM

PM.

Safari 1.3 is supposed to be coming out for Panther, which is good, because I'm not upgrading my laptop that I'll have with me when I go back to base. I'll miss RSS feeds. Who am I kidding? Safari 1.3 is leaked too

GameMaster · 07-10-2004, 10:49 PM

Ok, thanks for the link in the PM. Now, before I begin, is this a preview copy or is this what's actually going to be released in the coming months? Is it safe to register it under my name and stuff?

gekko · 07-10-2004, 10:59 PM

It's a preview copy. This is what will be released, except that the later will be a newer build, and this one will not be upgradable after that.

Yes, it's safe to register. But it's always better to choose not to. I've registered them before, no biggie. Apple doesn't know you weren't at WWDC and handed a copy.

GameMaster · 07-10-2004, 11:04 PM

Grr...I opened that tiger.dmg file and it says 0 peers are online

What should I try now?