On 6/13/10, Don Montalvo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dan Shoop <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Jun 12, 2010, at 11:54 PM, Don Montalvo wrote:
>>> Since Apple doesn't provide post-10.6.3 device drivers to the public, all
>>> you can do is start with the OSX install that came on that computer and
>>> migrate your stuff over manually. Or, as you stated, wait for 10.6.4.
>>> Heck, if you have an ADC login... ;)
>>
>> Note, as I said, this is not purely a driver issue (not that we have real
>> drivers in OS X anyway) and 10.6.4 may not resolve this, you may need to
>> wait for the next bootable release, not just an update.
>>
>> Your best options in order are:
>>
>> (1) Clean install from the Installer CD/DVD, reinstall any third party
>> app, copy over your $HOME and data.
>>
>> (2) Clean install from the Installer, as root (preferably in SUM, logged
>> in via ssh or the Terminal) copy over any missing applications (which
>> should be self-contained .apps or should have supporting code in
>> /Library), and everything in /Library. You shouldn't have anything in
>> /System that doesn't belong to Apple. Then copy over your $HOME and data.
>>
>> This presumes this is a single user machine. Otherwise you could restore
>> OD too, but better to just recreate accounts and copy over their $HOMEs.
>>
>> -d
>
> Hi Dan,
>
> Yes, good point (re: kernel supporting new architecture). I just finished
> making a new NetBoot image from 27" Late 2009 iMac...and we were golden.
> Then we got a shipment of the new i5/i7 MacBook Pro laptops that have an
> even more recent build. I wish Apple would just release patches to upgrade
> our images.

Can't we just open finder binary in TextEdit and type in the support
like apple does? I don't see why we have to wait for them to do what
we can already.

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