Hello everyone,
Well, it would seem that the retail Tiger Install disk won't work
with Intel Macs. It came out before the Intel Macs were made. I tried
it on my MacBook and had the same result as Will. Luckily, I haven't
got a problem and I have the Install disks that came with my MacBook.
Cheers,
Anne
On Aug 5, 2007, at 12:00 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
A tool that can really help do an erase at least on pc's and maybe
mac's if they'll boot Linux is at http://dban.sf.net/ and it takes
time to do its work but does several passes over a hard drive and
erases it thoroughly. Since you put it on a CDROM that can't have
anymore writing, download the iso image for that no malware can
interfere with its work or compromise it. I had to use that on a
Linux box before my connection got stealthed by a good router.
When the disk gets inserted into a pc it spins for about 10 seconds
then you type autonuke and hit enter. A hundred gig disk will take
overnight to erase putting it back to the condition it was in
before you installed anything onto it. A 300 gig disk will need 24
hours to erase completely.
On Sat, 4 Aug 2007, Anne Robertson wrote:
Hello Will,
There's probably nothing wrong with the Install DVD, it's just
that your system is on OS X 10.4.10 and the Install disc is bare
OS X 10.4. You should save all your data to an external hard drive
and do an Erase and Install. Then do Software Update and get the
combo update to 10.4.10.
HTH
Anne
On Aug 4, 2007, at 9:59 PM, william lomas wrote:
hi all
are there 2 separate version of the tiger dvd?
i brought my DVD from PC world here today here in the UK of mac
OSX tiger 10.4
i thought it was a universal disk, only to discover when i booted
the cd up with c held down when i start the mac, and i let it go
after it spins, voice over said automatically finder, has new
window. and it brought up the contents of the cd itself, not the
installation. Upon clicking the isntall mac OS X icon it said it
can't install on my machine
why are chains like PC world here int eh UK selling software if
they don't know about it. i said to them guys i have a macbook,
if they don't know it is intel a macbook then why sell it. ok, PC
world means, ahem, PC's i guess ok fair enough but i'm sure i can
sort this out.
So, does mac OS tiger now come on a universal DVD disk i wonder
now, since ont he apple.com store sites for UK and ireland for
example it doesn't say which version you are getting just mac OS
X tiger
I hope i can swap the disk even though i opened it at another PC
world store if i explain politely that i didn't know if indeed it
is the case, that 2 separate version one for power PC one for
Intel exist for the same disk
hopefuly i can do a straight swap then re-install my system only
putting ont he application parts i use not all the I life softwar
ethat i hardly use
regards to all, will
