xfsasx Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 I bought a black macbook but it came with just the charger and the notebook. No OS, No Discs, NOTHING! So it was an awesome deal that i couldnt resist ...600 bucks brand new! But now my problem is that i only have Leopard and OS X 10.4.2 Im using Leopard on it cause its the only Mac OS i have that is universal but i need to run tiger cause leopard still has a lot of bugs. So im currently downloading a torrent called 10.4.6.install.dvd.iso its 4.4gb which worries me that i cant burn it to disc since it wont fit on a DVD...(ive tried burning a 4.5gb dvd and it said i only have 4.37 available or something like that) But judging by the .iso at the end im assuming its for PC's. Im pretty sure it will cause it is an x86 computer but i just want to make sure before i waste my bandwidth. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 I'm reasonably certain it is the JaS 10.4.6 Install DVD for OSX on PC's, not real Intel Macs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 if u have usenet access u can find the official apple install dvds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfsasx Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 so i should stop the download? ive been looking all over for os x for intel based mac but every search comes up with x86 if someone could pm me a place to look that would be awesome thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 ive seen many official cd versions which i think are ppc only. the only trouble you might have with the jas versions or patched ones is their use of a the darwin bootloader. Your macbook uses EFI, and may not be able to emulate the bios if it doesnt have the latest firmware. You said you have 10.4.2, is that an official apple version or a pacthed one? EDIT: If you use Pacifist with the jas dvd within leopard, you might be able to start the install from OSInstall.mpkg onto a different partition, and then scrap the leopard partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfsasx Posted October 13, 2006 Author Share Posted October 13, 2006 i have the official 10.4.2 but it wont install says something about it has to be 10.4.5 or newer or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 try my way with pacifist and osinstall.mpkg when ur download is done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfsasx Posted October 13, 2006 Author Share Posted October 13, 2006 try my way with pacifist and osinstall.mpkg when ur download is done how do i do it that way? i want to run leopard and use a boot camp for Tiger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 yeah boot camp a partition for tiger. Use pacifist to extract the packages and install to that partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John the Geek Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 The MacBook shipped with 10.4.6 and will not boot from anything lower than that. Mac OS X 10.4.2 was beta anyway and did not support EFI firmware. I'll PM you with a few options. -John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam_the_killer Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 there r many releases available on the torrent sites i guess u need to have a good searching capability.. other wise ur trying to install something which is derived from something..and i guess this will not help u a bit.. but u shud go for the actual product.. anyways..its worthless trying to install which is incompatible..i mean already altered.. so i guess u can easily obtain the 10.4.4 disc or the 10.4.7 server disc (both unpatched)..coz these will infact solve ur problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 patched wont work as efi is gone and has {censored} bios, u need a unpatched disc, i might upload a unpatched macbook install cd wen i have time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfsasx Posted October 13, 2006 Author Share Posted October 13, 2006 thanks im just dying to get tiger on my macbook, Leopard is cool but i cant do everything that i want and need to do so i need to have tiger till leopard comes out then i'll go pick up a copy but i dont want to spend 150 bucks just to spend it again in a couple months any help you guys have would be great. I can give the person that helps me out the most a free premium membership on my site, its not much but all i can do as a token of my thanks. Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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