Installing Leopard on Firewire HD first

Hello. Is it possible to install Leopard on an external firewire HD, install and configure all the applications (CS3, Office), email etc., and then copy all the content to the internal HD of my iMac? Thanks!

Thank you baltwo!
I'd rather do the Erase & Install Option as I have a lot of applications installed and I think it's always better to start from scratch (altough it demands a lot more work).
So, after installing Leopard and all my applications on the Firewire HD, and after using the Migration Assistant to transfer my settings, I can erase my internal HD and transfer all the files to it and simply restart?
I'll keep a copy of my current system on another partition of the Firewire HD, just in case anything goes wrong.

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Install Leopard with Firewire on G4 imac

I bought a 1ghz G4 imac with 768mb memory. I am using firewire to install Leopard on it from a Macbook 2008. I create a new partition, I apply GUID. It installs fine. On the Macbook screen it shows up fine. When I disconnect the firewire, drag the hd image of the G4 to the trash on the Macbook screen and turn on the G4, all I get is the flashing folder/face. I hook it up again with firewire to the Macbook and the install shows up. What step did I miss???

Are you using a retail copy of Leopard? If it's the one that came with your MacBook, it's machine specific and won't install on your G4. GUID is an intel partition method, you need Mac OS Extended (journaled).

How do install Leopard from intel to ppc by Firewire?

Can anyone tell me how to install Leopard from my intel macbook to my older ppc? When I try to install from firewire it says that the drive is going to GUID and non-bootable. My DVD drive on the PPC isn't good enough for the Leopard DVD. Any suggestions are appreciated.

I'm not commenting on whether the type of Mac is compatible with the Leopard install.
I'll offer suggestion for the firewire install. The objective is to take the Leopard DVD and transfer in some way to a firewire drive to be able to boot a PPC Mac and complete a Leopard install to the PPC Mac.
How? Take a firewire external drive and partition it in two. One for your data and the other (7.2 gigs) max, for the ability to restore the Leopard DVD to that smaller partition. Once restored you'll be able to boot(using system startup control panel) and install Leopard to a PPC Mac.
The rule to follow is to use APM ie Apple Partition Map to boot PPC Macs. GUID mapping is for intel Macs. You use options within Disk Utility ti select which way to go. You cannot have both on one firewire hard drive. I use two firewire hard drives: one APM and the other GUID.
How to setup the small partition? Connect firewire drive to your PPC Mac. Open disk utility. Create your two partitions(remember when you do this the drive is formatted and all data is gone, so backup first). Remember to use option and select APM, although on a PPC Mac it should be by default and ditto if on an intel Mac for GUID. Once the partitioning is complete, select Restore and while using the left hand column(just read the instruction in the disk utility window) and assuming you now have the Leopard DVD on the desktop , drag the install OSX section from the left hand column to "source" and then drag the Leopard small partition from the left hand column to "destination." Wait 20 minutes and you are completed. Now you can boot from the firewire drive and install Leopard to a PPC Mac.

I have tiger (10.4.11), and I would like to upgrade to snow leopard(10.6). Do I need to install leopard(10.5) first?

Do i need to install leopard first? I was planning to but snow leopard off of amazon.

The Snow Leopard 10.6 DVD should still be available from Apple for $20. You will have to call Apple Customer Care 1-800-692-7753 or 1-800-676-2775 to purchase it. It may still be in the Legacy Products list.
If they no longer have any in stock you will have to buy it from eBay or Apple resellers that still have stock. But you will have to pay a premium since the DVDs are no longer being made. Snow Leopard DVDs are already up to $100 on Amazon.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=10.6+snow+leopard&_sacat=0&_odkw=mac+os+10.6 &_osacat=0

Hey guys. i wish to upgrade my O/S which is pre-leopard. my question is can i go straight to snow leopard or do i need to first install leopard.

Hey Guys
i wish to upgrade my O/S , which is pre leopard. can i install Snow Leopard or do i have to first install leopard??

Depends which Mac you have. If Apple menu -> About This Mac says you have a G3, G4, or G5, you can't upgrade to 10.6.
If it says Intel, and at least 1 GB of RAM (768 MB of RAM is less), you can upgrade to 10.6 following this tip:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2455
If it says Core2duo (not CoreDuo, not CoreSolo), Core i3, i5, i7 or Xeon, and 2 GB of RAM or more, it can be upgraded to Lion following this tip:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2465

External Firewire Drive locked after installing Leopard

One of my external drives is completely locked with a "could not be opened as you do not have sufficient access privileges" error.
I have tried a few things in Terminal that are suggested for similar problems on this forum but none of them have worked.
I did manage to remove the little padlock icon on the disk with one of these commands but I still cannot even open the disk. The moment I click on it it gives the error.
As this has a lot of important work on it. I would really appreciate it if someone out there could help me.
Regards
Nige

I should mention.
I had some problems installing Leopard whereby my admin account was reduced to a standard account and I couldnt do anything.
I followed instructions on Applesite to reset my account to admin by logging in as root then enabling my account to administer.
Since then everything is OK except for this drive problem.
I ran another terminal thing I found this is the result:
ls -alO /Volumes
total 16
drwxrwxrwt@ 6 root admin hidden 204 2 Aug 06:53 .
drwxrwxr-t@ 40 root admin - 1428 1 Aug 10:57 ..
-rwxrwxrwx 1 mel mel - 82 17 Jan 2008 ._pink camera
drwxrwxr-t@ 34 root admin - 1224 1 Aug 17:56 Jupiter
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin - 1 2 Aug 06:52 Macintosh HD -> /
drw-rw-rw-@ 19 nige nige - 714 31 Jul 14:11 Saturn
nigel-grimshaw-jones-computer:~ nige$
Itlooks like Saturn is not administered by admin but by nige who was the admin prior to the new install.
Whew...

Install Leopard question, and How much RAM should I install on my G5?

I recently bought a G5 Power Mac (11,2) 2.3 ghz, with 2 GB Ram. It has 10.4 installed and the installation disks for 10.4.
I am interested in installing Leopard (I have a drop-in DVD from a different computer), but think it would be wise to first partition the HD so that I can also run 10.4 and Classic from time to time. What's the best way for me to go about this? I haven't put anything on the machine, so there is nothing to back up. After I have the systems installed, then I was going to migrate from my powerbook.
I wonder whether I should upgrade the RAM first. It has 1 GIG each in two slots, so there's plenty of capacity.
Also, the G5 has no airport card installed. Can I set up sharing with my powerbook, via firewire, in a way that I can use the powerbook's wifi signal on the G5? Is this possible with 10.4, 10.5, or both?

Hi maui_arbor, and a warm welcome to the forums!
I'd upgrade to at least 4GB for Leopard, or more...
http://eshop.macsales.com/MyOWC/Upgrades.cfm?sort=pop&model=234&type=Memory&TI=2 628&shoupgrds=Show+Upgrades
I am interested in installing Leopard (I have a drop-in DVD from a different computer), but think it would be wise to first partition the HD so that I can also run 10.4 and Classic from time to time. What's the best way for me to go about this?
First, are you sure that Disc will work on a G5? Does it boot from it?
Secondly, I'd really not partition for OSX unless it's a GB HD or larger, I'd put a second HD in it for Leopard.
Also, the G5 has no airport card installed. Can I set up sharing with my powerbook, via firewire, in a way that I can use the powerbook's wifi signal on the G5? Is this possible with 10.4, 10.5, or both?
Yes, Internet Sharing via FW or Ethernet. Another option...
http://eshop.macsales.com/search/usb+wifi

Installing Leopard 10.5.1 on PowerMac G4 MDD

I have a PowerMac G4 MDD dual processor 1.25 Ghz, 1.024 GB Ram, with 115 GB internal Apple issued hard drive. The ram, keyboard and mouse are Apple original issue.
I am running Mac OS X 10.2.1 (6R73) on the original hard drive.
I am attempting to install Leopard 10.5.1 from an Apple DVD. (The Family 5 pack license) and have not been successful despite many attempts.
The Apple Studio display is connected to an Apple issued video card. The Mac came with an Ultra SCSI card. I removed it.
I installed a new Seagate Barracuda 320 GB ATA/6 7200 RPM 3.5 16 MB on the same buss as the original hard drive. I did not move the original hard drive from its original position. The Seagate hard drive jumpers are set to Cable Select. This drive would not accept installation of Mac OS 10.5. It also would not Verify or Repair. “Invalid B-Tree Header” was an unrepairable error. I exchanged that drive for another identically rated drive, and began again.
I verified the 10.5.1 install disk media twice. No error messages. Visual inspection of disk shows some minor scuffs, but they were on the disk when received. The disk package was sealed.
I have formatted the target drive using Apple Disk Utility--the Mac OS 10.2.1. compatible version. It has passed the Verify routine many times.
I have run the “Install New System and the “Erase and Install” many times.
I have run a CD/DVD lens cleaning disk once. No help.
System preferences set to Never sleep. Screen saver turned off. Not connected to any network during install attempts.
No other PCI cards or any other modifications to the machine.
I created a new Administrator account, logged in and attempted an install. Install failed. Error message: Cannot validate “BaseSystem’ package.
On some install attempts, some files were written to the target hard drive but not enough to constitute a functional system “Install Failed” message appears after about 2-4 minutes.
On other attempts, the install would hang in less than 2-4 minutes.
I have an identical PowerMac G4 MDD dual processor 1.25 Ghz, 1.024 GB Ram, with 115 GB internal hard drive on which the 10.5 DVD Leopard disk installed on an identical Seagate 320 GB hard drive on the first attempt. Both G4’s were purchased new on the same date from the same retailer.
The only differences between my two G4 MDD’s are:
1. that the problem G4 is running 10.2.1 on the original hard drive, and the working G4 is running 10.2.8 on the original hard drive. (I am not attempting to install 10.5 on that drive.)
2. that before installing 10.5.1, I moved the original 115 GB hard drive on the successful G4 to the slower buss and put two Seagate 320 GB drives on the faster buss previously occupied only by the original 115 GB hard drive.
3. I have not checked to see if the ram chips on the two G4’s are exactly identical manufacture, etc. Also have not compared every detail in System Profiler to determine if build number, etc. are identical.
To test the effect of drive position on the problem G4 MDD, I moved the original 115 MB hard drive to the slower buss, and put the Seagate target drive in the Master position on the faster buss cable. An Erase and Install attempt failed. Error message: “The installer could not verify the ‘BaseSystem’ package. Three folders were installed on this attempt. “BaseSystem.pkg.152.Mrqnl2” of zero KB, “Library” of zero KB, and “private” of 64 MB. On a previous attempt, the BaseSystem folder was about 292 Mb.
Sorry this is so long but I wanted to avoid the first thirty questions clarifying things I missed.
I would appreciate your help. Thanks.

Not having a firewire cable at hand, I transplanted the target drive to the successful install G4 so that I was installing on the successful G4 using a "successful CD/DVD drive" on to the target Seagate Drive. WORKED the first attempt.
Believing that the knowledge gained by these tedious exercises in troubleshooting should be shared and added to the public record, the following should be noted.
Clearly, either the problem G4 MDD has a problem, or the CD/DVD drive in the G4 MDD has a problem with installing Mac OS 10.5. A gambler would bet on the CD/DVD drive having some issue and not the Mac G4.
It is noteworthy that the CD/DVD drive in question has successfully read and burned CD's and verified the Mac OS 10.5 Install DVD without error, hence, in all of those actions, indicated no error or problems at all, yet, appears to be the problem. Perhaps INSTALL of Mac OS 10.5 raises some issue with the CD/DVD drive that the other successful actions (reading and burning of CD's) does not raise. I have no other reasonable explanation.
My complimentary Apple Care for my purchase of a family pack Leopard 10.5 treatment was that since I was not installing 10.5 on my "main drive" any help was outside my Apple Care coverage. (The subject drive was on the Master position of the fastest ATA cable, and to my non-technical, dumb lawyer approach to things, was the "Main Drive.)
Of course, a prudent person would install a new operating system on a clean drive without trashing (and jeopardizing) a working operating system (and the data on that drive) until certain that the new operating system was fully functional and non-destructive, before switching to the new operating system. That concept appears outside the scope of complimentary AppleCare. Even more relavant, given comments in the Apple knowledge base about the disasterous consequences of interrupting an install.
Thank you to Eustice who was precisely on track as near as we will probably ever know.
I have spent nearly 8 days messing with this,(well spent)and, read nearly 1,000 questions and replies on various forums on other issues beyond this which have solved many questions I have not posted. To all of the true giants of technical genius who have helped me and so many others in this forum, THANK YOU.

How do I install Leopard on my g4?

Can't get Leopard to install on my G4. Everything seems to be in order, but when it tells me to choose a location for the installation, there are no locations to select from. There are over 10 GB of free space available.
Machine Name: iMac
Machine Model: PowerMac6,3
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (3.3)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1.25 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.7.8f1
Leopard specs: MAC OS X V10.5 RETAIL

10 GBs is not enough space since Leopard needs 11-12 GBs during installation.
If no viable drives are displayed in the selection window, then that means the currently installed system is defective. Try the following:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
If this doesn't help then you will need to backup your files and erase the drive before installing Leopard. Be sure you have a retail Leopard installation package. If you have only a Leopard Upgrade disc, then you cannot do an Erase and Install.

Install Leopard on an External Drive on a Snow Leopard Mac Book Pro

Hi
I have a MBP 17/CTO 2.66GHz i7, which came installed with Snow Leopard.
I've used boot camp to install Windows 7.
I've attempted to install Leopard 10.5.4 on an external drive.
The steps I've taken:
1 - Connected my WD Passport on the Firewire Port
2 - Partitioned the drive. The first partition is 100GB, Mac OS/X Extended (journal) and I've selected the GUID Partition Scheme
3 - Inserted the Mac OS/X Leopard DVD, and followed the instructions to restart
4 - On restart I have three options. Mac OS, Windows and Install Mac OS\X
5 - I select Install Mac OS\X.
6 - The disc spins for a few moments and then the laptop freezes
Beware of the following issue:
1 - On restart more often than not, the DISC will spin and then the laptop will freeze.
2 - To overcome this, restarting pressing the ALT (option) Key.
3 - You should see your boot options. If you do not see "Install Mac OS\X", then eject and reinsert the disc.
The question maybe why would I want to have an Leopard Installation when I have Snow Leopard. The software I develop has thrown up a number of differences between Leopard and Snow Leopard, hence I need both OS's to support my software.
I mentioned this to the Apple Store before I purchased my machine. They put me through to a senior technician at Apple Care, who told me it would be possible to have the set up I am after; and to contact Apple Care if I ran into any difficulties.
After I received my laptop and ran into the problems I described above I contacted Apple Care, only to be told by a senior technician that it should be possible to install Leopard on an external drive, but Apple Care cannot provide any support or assistance.
I really do like the laptop and would much rather not return the laptop; but I really do need the setup described.
Anyway I have tried a number of different approaches:
1 - Having no partitions (so just the single partition)
2 - Trying all three Partition Schemes:
- GUILD Partition Table
- Apple Partition Map
- Master Boot Record
All resulting in the same problem.
I can confirm the external drive does appear as bootable in disc info.
My guess is one of the following is preventing the install:
1 - It is simply not possible to install an earlier version of Mac OS\X than 10.6 on the laptop I have, even if I tried to install on an external drive. This restriction is built into some hardware confirguration. So even if I wiped the internal hard drive or added a new partition to the internal hard drive, I would not be able to install 10.5.4. I say this may be a reason as the second technician told me the CPU has built into it a process which prevents installing older versions of Mac OS/X, but that it should NOT restrict installation on an external harddrive.
2 - When trying to install Mac OS/X, a search is carried out for an external drive which has the correct format. For some reason it may be that this search is not finding my external drive?
I'm a little stuck here and quite disapointed that the support promised by Apple Care for assistance in setting this up, is now not forth coming.
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated, as ideally I would prefer to keep and not return the laptop, it's a beautiful piece of machinery.
Cheers
Parmy

The mystery continues...
I have an older MBP (2.33 GHz Intel Core Duo) which came installed with Tiger. I can confirm I purchased a genuine copy of Leopard (10.5.4) from the Apple Store and it’s not an OEM version. I installed 10.5.4 without a hitch on my old MBP internal drive. It is the only OS installed on my old MBP.
Using my older MBP (which through software updates is now running 10.5.7), I managed to install 10.5.4 onto my external HD (WD My Passport Studio – 640GB FireWire 800).
However; on the final restart, the screen remained grey and 10.5.4 did not boot from the external drive.
I restarted the machine holding down the ALT (option) key, and only two options appeared, Macintosh HD and the Install DVD. I selected the Macintosh HD and opened System Preferences.
In System Preferences --> Startup Disk, I discovered the partition on my external HD which contains 10.5.4. I selected this partition and selected restart.
On restart my MBP displayed a grey screen, and the blue light on my hard drive flashed slowly. I left this for an hour, however; the OS did not start and the screen remained grey.
I then plugged my external HD into my new MBP which I started holding down the ALT key.
To my surprise I found 3 boot options (Macintosh HD, Windows and Leopard). Leopard being the partition on my external drive, which now has 10.5.4 installed.
I selected Leopard, but sadly after 30 minutes, the OS failed to boot.
Although this deviates slightly from this post, I fail to understand the problem here:
1 – Why can’t I boot 10.5.4 on an external drive, from my old MBP? Surely this is not because my old MBP is now running 10.5.7?
2 – Why can I see 10.5.4 as a boot option on my new MBP but not on my old MBP when I start the MBP holding down the ALT key?
I doubt there is a problem with my external drive, as it seems to read, write, etc... in all normal cases.
Whilst it definitely appears that I won’t be able to boot 10.5.4 on an external drive from my new MBP, I should be able to at least boot it from my old MBP, which would give me the option of installing Snow Leopard and Windows on the internal drive of my old MBP.
Apologies for keeping this post going, but I hope by getting to the bottom of this, it will help other Mac users as well.
I’ve run out of ideas of things to try, so I will give Apple Care another call in the morning, and will report back.
Any suggestions of other things I can try?
Cheers

How to install Leopard when disc drive is broken

Because the inbuilt CD/DVD drive has broken I use an external disk drive via USB (a LaCie d2). The Leopard install disc reads perfectly well from the LaCie drive (as you would expect) but when (at the very beginning of the install process) it prompts a Restart, the system simply restarts using the old OSX software instead of booting up from the Leopard install disc in the external LaCie drive. I guess this is because it only looks on the hard drive and the in built (now broken) CD/DVD drive. Does anyone know the best way of getting the install to work?
Thanks John

You can obtain an external hard drive with a Firewire port & clone the Leopard installer disc or restore an image of it to that drive. (Simply copying files won't work because that will not create a bootable disk.) You cannot copy
For more info on creating disk images & restoring them to other disks, see the Leopard help topic on your Mac, "*Restoring a disk or disk image to another disk*" & the topics it links to, like "*Restoring a disk image to a disk*." For more info on cloning, check out products like Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper!.
You cannot use your existing internal hard drive as a substitute for an external one unless you can partition it so that the clone or restored image is on a separate partition from the normal one you wish to install Leopard on (the installer cannot install the OS to the partition it is running from). While it is possible to do "live" partitioning to a drive that already contains files, it is advisable to back up the existing partition to other media first because there is always a chance that something will go wrong in the partitioning process, leaving you without those files. Since you need an external drive to best do this anyway, I don't recommend this approach.
However, since you really should have an external drive for backups whether or not you are installing the new OS, you can combine this with the installer disc clone/restored image as follows:
1. Get a nice big Firewire external drive, say 500 GB or greater. These are pretty cheap these days. You should be able to find many suitable ones in the $80 to $150 range. As an example, a search of Amazon shows over 200 entries in the less than $200 range. Many are 'combo' units with USB, Firewire, & possibly other ports like e-SATA. For future needs & maximum flexibility you may wish to consider one of those; just make sure the one you choose has a Firewire port & can boot a Mac.
2. Before putting the drive into service, use Disk Utility to partition it into two or more volumes. One of them just needs to be a bit bigger than the total capacity of the installer disc, say 10 GB. Make this the last volume of the drive & you can delete it later if you wish but you probably will want to keep it around for future installs.
3. Use the above method to create the bootable version of the installer disc on this partition, restart from it using the option key method to invoke the Startup Manager, & install the new OS on the internal drive from it.
As a side benefit, since disk drives are much faster than DVD's, the startup & installation process will be faster than from the DVD.

How to install leopard on G5 with Broken DVD drive?

The DVD drive on my Dual 2.7 GHz PowerPC G5 went bad. I have a MacBook Pro running Leopard with a good internal DVD drive. Can I put the leopard install disc in my MacBook Pro then put the Macbook Pro in Target Disc mode, connect it via firewire to my G5 and install Leopard on my G5 that way?

Most Macs equipped with Firewire 400 or 800 are capable of booting into Target Disk Mode (toggle under Sys Prefs-> Startup disk OR hold T when starting the computer).
When plugging a target disk mode running mac into another mac via firewire, the mac's drives (all hard drives and all optical drives - if media is inserted) will show up on the recipient mac. Therefore, use the good computer with good optical drive to put the disc media in, then start it in target disk mode. Finally plug it into the G5 with firewire cable (prefer 800 if your MBP has that). You will then see the drives and DVD, you can even restart the G5 holding down 'C' and it will boot from the CD drive of the other mac (it will try its own first - if available).

Installing Leopard from a PowerPC mac to an Intel mac via Target Disk mode

I've just purchased Leopard, but thanks to the common and very annoying faulty MacBook Pro disk drive, I cannot even read the DVD, much less install from it. Before, the disk drive error never affected purchased DVDs, only the ability to read and burn to empty DVDs, but now, apparently, I can't even read Apples own disks.
As the new system disk is Universal, would it be possible to start the installer form the cd on my sister's PowerPC mac (12' Powerbook), and install the system on my MacBook Pro's harddrive, mounted as a firewire drive, or would the installer automatically choose the PowerPC version, since it is launched on a PowerPC computer?
And, if so, is there any way to tell the installer to install the Intel version of Leopard if I run it on a PowerPC computer?

well, looks like I'll have to install Leopard through the Firewire Target Disk mode as my MacBook can't read the DVD. I would appreciate if someone could review the steps below to let me know if I am on the right track. The MacBook is the computer on which I want to load 10.5 and the iMac G5 (PowerPC chip) is the computer on which I will insert the DVD.
- First question: Am I correct (see above) in saying that the MacBook is the Target computer?
- Insert DVD in Host computer
- Connect Target to Host using FW cable
- Turn on Target computer press and hold T to launch in target mode
- select DVD drive from disk options
- this is where I get fuzzy, would I simply click the Install icon? And then what? Will the MacBook know to reboot in Target Mode or do I have to hold down T again?
- anything else I am missing?
Thanks.

A whole day gone, just to install Leopard...

What a procedure! Installed, yes the 'Retail' version of Leopard on a Power Mac G4. It did it's check, said good to install. Clicked upgrade install. Half way through installing, error comes up and says it can't install Leopard. So, restarted the computer. Computer then couldn't find a system to start up and is clearly non-functional after many attempts. I plugged the computer into another laptop and booted it like a firewire drive, holding 'T' on start up. Contents are all still there.
So I do an install and archive. Seems to work, loads up after install.
THEN...
It wants to update. So I let it update.... Big Mistake. As it's doing it's updates.... another error... and back to machine not booting up again. Gets to the Mac symbol and spins and spins and spins...
So now, I'm doing a complete erase and install.....
Why is it every time a great new operating system is launched and it's 'so easy' to install.... am I watching the late hours roll around and I'm 16 to 20 hours in????
I know everyone's machines are different with 3rd party plug ins, ram, drives etc...
But really can they not simplify it all?
Sorry for the moan guys...

Nick Jackson2 wrote:
Really?.... it worked fine with Tiger...
If you search these threads back to when Leopard first came out you will find that many complaints about RAM were exactly what you may have experienced.
Tiger is very "easy" on RAM and does not press the RAM to the limits of the specs. Leopard does, and so if the RAM does not fully meet the Apple specs, Leopard will not be able to run.
Again, a quick search of these Leopard forums back when Leopard first came out will give you the full explanation of why things run with Tiger and not Leopard.
Ditto for many WiFi modems, which worked with Tiger but needed firmware updates to work with Leopard - because of security issues and other such things.
When you install a more powerful OS on an existing system, unless the hardware fully meets the new requirements, the new OS may not run properly.
The fact that things work with Tiger is not relevant. The question is do they work with Leopard.

Still can't install Leopard after...

After reading post thread ID#1667234 same MacMini specs. I have a used late 2006 with current firmware...
Model Name: Mac mini
Model Identifier: Macmini1,1
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo
Processor Speed: 1.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per processor): 2 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MM11.0055.B08
SMC Version: 1.3f4
Serial Number: G87243UBW0C
I can't tell about the RAM issue, I'm assuming it would have the original RAM because of where it came from. I don't know if it is able to be opened anyhow. I have plenty of room left 42GB.
My hard drive passes verification and so does the password verification.
Any ideas how to get this installed? Wipe hard drive first?'
If so, how do I do it?

Boot with the install disk, holding down the D key (should say so on your disk) launches the Apple Hardware Test program. Run it at least twice, using the extended tests. That checks out the RAM. If your installed RAM passes, then download and run Rember. Once the RAM's been cleared, reboot with the install disk, holding down the C key, select your language, then select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu and repair the disk. If it passes, then you can erase and reformat the internal HD. Note that this wipes out the current data, so make a bootable backup/clone onto an external HD (preferably FireWire) and test it before continuing, then after erasing the HD, use the Erase & Install option to install Leopard and migrate from the backup/clone.

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