Any new Mac, especially those with new CPUs, usually needs the version of OSX that it comes with. Your MBP install will not have i7 stuff on it.
-- Jared Earle :: There is no SPORK Me :: http://jearle.eu/ Blog :: http://23x.net/ On 12 Jun 2010, at 16:31, Ashley Aitken <[email protected]> wrote: > > In the past, when I move to a new MAc I just copy the drive partitions from > the old machine to the new machine. It has mostly worked fine. > > This time moving from a MBP (late 2007?) to a new i7 MBP I did the same but > the new machine would boot past loading Extensions.mkext. > > Old MBP was running latest OS (SL 10.6.3). I tried deleting the kext cache > directory etc. I also reset System Controller and PRAM - no help. . > > Any idea why this my be so? > > Only thing I can think of is a) i7 was running later build of SL and I should > have waited for 10.6.4, or b) Little Snitch kext causing problem. > > I did restore smaller partitions to larger new ones but I think I have done > that before without a problem. > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > Cheers, > Ashley. > > PS I don't use the Migration Assistant because I have multiple partitions and > don't store all my a files in my hone directory etc. > > -- > Ashley Aitken > Skype/iChat: MrHatken > Mb: +61 (0)41 226-8159 > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-admin mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin _______________________________________________ MacOSX-admin mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin
