[MacTUG] Mac OS X 10.5 Install DVD won't install on a MacBook

[Steve Hellyer]

Glen did the MacBook come with 10.5.x install disk?  If yes use that  
as it will have updated drivers for that hardware.

Generic 10.5.0 DVD comes in two flavours.

- Retail box is Full install for machine which were released prior to  
10.5.
- Update only install which will only upgrade a 10.4.x machine. (this  
was sometimes inserted into Mac boxes siting in warehouses at the time  
we released 10.5. It was the free update DVD. It won't however install  
on a clean hard drive.

There is no "Universal" install.  It's always the DVD that ships with  
the machine.

We don't use serial number checking like Windows. Instead we build DVD  
for each type of Mac.

Hence always keep you install disk that come with the machine.  If  
lost an order can be place to replace original DVD via service (aka UW  
computerstore).

Steve

On 1-May-08, at 4:19 PM, Glenn Anderson wrote:

> This afternoon, I looked into a problem with the 10.5 install DVD (UW
> license) not installing on a MacBook (2.2 GHz Core 2 Duo - Black).
> It would boot up fine (via holding down C key), and start to install,
> but then say it couldn't install on this system.
>
> I erased the hard disk and the problem still existed.
>
> Anyone have any ideas why the install DVD for 10.5 won't install on
> this MacBook?
>
> Of course, I am assuming that the install disk that we have under
> license is a "Universal one" and thus would install.
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