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switching your 10.5.0 DVD to 10.5.8 dvd?

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hugodrax

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Is there a way to create a slipstream version of the leopard dvd since I have a ATI4870 in my mac pro I would like to generate from my original DVD a 10.5.8 bootable dvd.

Is this possible? I heard I can turn in the 10.5.0 dvd and pay a media fee for a replacement 10.5.8 dvd.

Is this true? How do you ask for this when you go to an apple store.
 
hugodrax said:
Is there a way to create a slipstream version of the leopard dvd since I have a ATI4870 in my mac pro I would like to generate from my original DVD a 10.5.8 bootable dvd.

Is this possible? I heard I can turn in the 10.5.0 dvd and pay a media fee for a replacement 10.5.8 dvd.

Is this true? How do you ask for this when you go to an apple store.
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The latest DVD is 10.5.6, 10.5.7 and 10.5.8 have to come through updates.

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC094Z/A/Mac-OSX-Leopard?mco=NDcwMDM2NQ
 
never heard of anyone slipstreaming mac os disks. Is there any particular reason you need this? You could just put the 10.5.8 combo update on a separate disk and run it after installing os x (thats what I do when I need to update a fresh machine anyway)
 
Sky Blue said:
No
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If one really needs it, I think there are some unofficial techniques that were developed recently by the OSx86 types...

http://www.mlvision.com.au/mediawiki/index.php/Slipstream_OSX

I have never tried this, FWIW....

Also I thought that Leopard Server was supposed to add a feature sort of like slipstreaming? Whatever came of that? EDIT: Yeah, I think it has system imaging tools too, which are similar but not the same thing, obviously....
 
RITZFit said:
never heard of anyone slipstreaming mac os disks. Is there any particular reason you need this? You could just put the 10.5.8 combo update on a separate disk and run it after installing os x (thats what I do when I need to update a fresh machine anyway)
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I have a ATI 4870 card in my mac pro. Which is not supported in 10.5.0

So what happens if I boot 10.5.0 in a mac pro with a 4870?
 
hugodrax said:
I have a ATI 4870 card in my mac pro. Which is not supported in 10.5.0

So what happens if I boot 10.5.0 in a mac pro with a 4870?
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I have a similar problem (PowerMac G5, updated graphics card). 10.5(.1 I think is the original release) boots to the point of giving somewhat readable 640x480 screen. I have a DVD-R of 10.5.8/latest combo update around just for this purpose. The preferred solution is to have a bootable clone of the system partition on an external drive.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8863281 has a similar question ... and no happier answer.
 
snow leopard is coming in about a month..you could just wait and drop $30 on that to solve your problem
 
SomeSwede said:
I have seen some copies of 10.5.6 on various torrent sites. Since you already own a legal copy of Leopard i suggest you download a newer copy with a clean conscience.
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IANAL, and I appreciate the common sense perspective, but that would not get you off the hook if a copyright holder took issue with it in the USA. The problem is that by default, a torrent involves uploading as you download. That isn't allowed.
 
mkrishnan said:
If one really needs it, I think there are some unofficial techniques that were developed recently by the OSx86 types...

http://www.mlvision.com.au/mediawiki/index.php/Slipstream_OSX

I have never tried this, FWIW....

Also I thought that Leopard Server was supposed to add a feature sort of like slipstreaming? Whatever came of that? EDIT: Yeah, I think it has system imaging tools too, which are similar but not the same thing, obviously....
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Sweet Jesus, I'd rather just use imaging instead of that. You don't even need OS X Server unless you want to do NetInstall.
 
Amdahl said:
IANAL, and I appreciate the common sense perspective, but that would not get you off the hook if a copyright holder took issue with it in the USA. The problem is that by default, a torrent involves uploading as you download. That isn't allowed.
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True, but you can't be responsible for other people's actions. Where it's really fuzzy is the fast that you bought a "license" to OSX. So one could download it 100 times and it wouldn't matter as long as they followed the license restrictions that they agreed to when buying the license.

Well, I'm sure Apple's lawyers may not see it that way...but that sure as hell would be my defense! :)
 
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