Updating from 10.4.3, success stories ?

[jya]

Hi

 

By curiosity of course, I installed MacOS X 10.4.3 on a 3.4Ghz PC (with SSE3).

 

Everything went fine

Except that networking doesn't work (I have a AOpen motherboard with a broadcom chipset), and my nvidia 6500 card is recognised as a VGA card and only get a 1024x768 screen.

 

I thought about trying update to 10.4.5, however all install guide refers to a 10.4.3 -> 10.4.4 -> 10.4.5 step.

 

I do not have a 10.4.4 DVD (well I did, but lost the DVD that came with my Intel iMac 17")

 

Is it possible to update from 10.4.3 to 10.4.5 directly? or it must bo through 10.4.4. Where could I find a link with such explanation? I've read all install guide available here and found nothing

 

Also, what is NX/XD, "CPU without NX/XD", there's extensive explanation about SSE2 and SSE3 on the wiki, but nothing about NX/XD

 

Thanks for the help

Jean-Yves

[jya]

** bump **

 

Can anybody answer if it's possible to upgrade from 10.4.3 to 10.4.5 without going through 10.4.4 ?

 

When I try running the Apple 10.4.5 update it tells me that this update can not be installed on this computer. I used http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/mac...45forintel.html

Usually this kind of error is what you get when trying to install an update that isn't a Combo (e.g. works for any earlier version of macos)

 

JY

[acidream]

10.4.5 is a small upgrade package and not based off of a restore DVD. So until the 10.4.5 restore DVD becomes available I'm pretty sure you'll need to have 10.4.4 installed to upgrade. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think thats the case. Ma__uss' 10.4.5 instructions also rely on using the 10.4.4 kernel, so I think you'll need that as well.