I've had a lot of problems with my macbook pro not wanting to boot from a dvd, it recognizes the dvds are there and reads it but doesn't actually boot the dvd. It doesn't matter if I hold c or not it still won't boot it.
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Late 08 macbook pro won't boot from dvd
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You mean the restore disc?
If it's a generic Leopard disc, it won't boot from it unless it has 10.5.6, previous versions lacked some of the drivers for the new machines.
If it's a generic Leopard disc, it won't boot from it unless it has 10.5.6, previous versions lacked some of the drivers for the new machines.
I thought the 10.5.6 update only came two weeks ago and that the version shipped with unibody MBPs is 10.5.5.
Anyway, if holding C during startup doesn't work, have you tried holding Option + Command + Shift + Delete? LOL I know that's a lot of keys but it should bypass primary startup volume and seek a different startup volume (such as a CD or external disk).
Hrududu
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It is. The version of 10.5.5 that ships with the Unibody machines is a special build, it's different from the normal one everyone has, that is on the retail discs. 10.5.6 brought them in with the rest of the line, so if the disc is 10.5.6, the special build isn't required.
couldn't get the option + cmd + shift + del to work. It reads the dvd when it boots up for about a minutes to 2 mins then the computer restarts. I wonder if its an OS issue or drive issue
iMacDragon
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As everyone has already said, unless the disc in question is the machine specific restore disc the machine came with which has effectively 10.5.5.5 on it as its not the standard 10.5.5, but one with some newer drives and app versions, or one with 10.5.6 on it, it will not boot it.
