On Jul 18, 2010, at 12:10 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: > On 7/17/10 10:29 AM, "Dan" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> At 5:33 AM -0700 7/16/2010, John Carmonne wrote: > >>> What I'm referring to is a disk that comes with a particular machine >>> and when I try to install it tells me it "can't work on this >>> machine" I know the system is all the same but you're stuck with >>> using it only on the machine it came with. I need to remove what >>> ever it checks for. Like a helper program? >> >> You're asking for assistance in pirating the Mac OS. >> >> Unacceptable. >> >> Nannys? >> >> - Dan. > > Dan is correct. The machine specific discs have a piece of software that > launches pre-install that verifies it is installing on the machine it was > made for. It IS pirating to try to change this. And if you succeed you may > be severely disappointed. It may have been specific to a model that had a > different driver set and will screw your install up completely. Most of > them do not have a universal OS behind that software. One version of the > eMac installers did and a couple others. But not many. So you might > install and get no video because you have an Nvidia graphics card and that > OS only has the Radeon driver set. > > The RETAIL disks are universal. They have a piece of software that looks to > see what hardware it is installing on and then installs the appropriate > drivers.
AFAIK threre is no retail universal disc for Tiger Intel on a MacBook or Mac Mini at ant price? John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
