Installing OS X.5 on a Black MacBook

[daurgo2001]

Hello all!

I'm very stumped and frustrated!... I've been trying to install OS X.5 on a new HD that I just installed into a Black MacBook... the DVDs are coming from an Aluminum MacBook.

Is this a problem?

I have already formatted (Partitioned [1]) the HD so that it is in Mac OS Extended (Journaled), and it's in GUID Partition Table Scheme.

I restart the Laptop and it asks me what language I want to install OS X in, I pick English, and it stalls for about 30 seconds and then says:

"Mac OS X cannot be installed on this computer."

Am I doing something wrong?

Any suggestions?

Thank you!
- David

 

[celticpride678]

You cannot use install DVD's that come from one Mac on another Mac.

Those disks are specific to that computer.

 

[Duff-Man]

Duff-Man says....this question gets asked several times a week (if not a day). Disks that come with a specific model are keyed to that model and won't install on another, giving the error you are getting.

You either need a proper retail disk, or contact Apple to get a set of restore disks for that model you with to install on - they charge a nominal fee for sending them to you ($20 or so I think).

Also worth noting yet again, that having a set of discs that have been installed on another computer does not mean you are licensed to install on any computer - it's a single computer license.....oh yeah!

 

[annk]

Since the question has been answered, and as pointed out the issue is discussed in many other threads, I'm closing the thread.