Installing Leopard 10.5 on a new Mac Mini (2010 model)

Hi, I have just purchased the new look mac mini, which came with Snow Leopard.
I wish to also install Leopard (10.5) on this machine for software testing purposes, but when I insert and boot from my Leopard disk, the mac just hangs with a grey screen.
I assume that the new Mac requires newer drivers that are available on the Leopard disk.
Is there anyway to install Leopard on this Mac?

ande-s wrote:
Is there anyway to install Leopard on this Mac?
maybe this will help to understand why that is not a good idea: _*Don't install a version of Mac OS X earlier than that which came with your Mac*_.
JGG

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My thoughts are that your difficulties could be one of these:
your non-retail DVD may only work on a very limited range of Mac minis
the installer may not like your new RAM
the installer may not like the language change especially if the disk has not been erased first
I have seen a little evidence for 3 in the code of other Leopard install DVDs - they appear to have less stringent language checks for erased volumes. Whilst I have never modified model specific installers I have modified retail installers to ignore speed and RAM checks.
My advice:
back up your whole mini hard disk to an external disk - see notes
erase the hard disk and partition into 2 volumes with Leopard install DVD
try to install Leopard on one volume
put original OS on the other volume
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Carbon Copy Cloner can be used to backup the whole hard disk
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I currently own a MacBook white, and really like the configuration. I it possible to copy the image of bootcamp to new mac mini? If so, what will happen to hardware and drivers?

Admiralali wrote:
Let me get this right:
1- copy the exact image of the winxp installation dc to USB
2- start bootcamp assistant, go through everything, till rebooting
3- boot from USB (hold ALT and select the USB volume)
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Am I missing anything?
I think that USB would be readable only on Mac os or winxp, but will the winxp installer read from USB?
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Having read further websites, I am now a bit more dubious you can do this, at least with an XP installer.
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I have not used the dvd player app in my 2010 mini, but I've certainly played every media type under the sun since receiving it.
It plays them all without dropping frames, stuttering, pausing, etc.
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If you're playing a disc image or video ts folder, are you accessing them over wireless networking? If so, try them on the internal drive, or over a wired network connection.
Try turning off the option is in energy saver that allows drive sleep (system sleep can stay where it is, just turn off *hard drive* sleep).
For best performance, make sure you aren't running other apps besides the media player app that you're using at the time.
Make sure you don't have software or utilities running background tasks (such as disk warrior, drive genius or tech tool pro).
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mattliggins wrote:
Hello I am going to America and want to know if the mac mini I want to purchase will work in the UK?
yes. you will need an adapter for the power outlets though (or get a UK power cable later on).
... or will these work with a US model if purchased in the UK?
yes.
Also will DVD drive work straight out the box?
one should hope so
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Did I get this right?
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