Panasa Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Alright. I have just installed Kalyway 10.5.2 on my PC. (Specs listed below) Is it safe to update to 10.5.6 (Or whatever the newest version is) using the apple updater? Let me know, Panasa PC Specs - AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+ 1 GB DDR2 RAM 20 GB IDE Hard Drive ASUS M2V-MX Mobo EVGA nVidia e-GeForce 8600 GT Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148442-is-it-safe-to-update/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanceomni Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I would advise that you backup your extensions folder and kernel before doing anything. You can do this by opening Terminal and typing the following: mkdir /Backup cp -r /System/Library/Extensions /Backup/Extensions cp -r /mach_kernel /mach_kernel.backup Now you have a backup copy of your extensions located in the root directory under /Backup/Extensions & a copy of your kernel named mach_kernel.backup. In the instance your kernel gets overwritten you can boot using something a little like this. -v mach_kernel.backup and this will boot your previous kernel. The updates need to be patched to run on AMD. Personally I used Zephyroth's ASU to download and patch the updates. Id also look into Voodoo Release 1 Kernel as it patches CPUIDs on the fly and makes life a bit easier. Use the search function on this forum, there is a wealth of information on this topic. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148442-is-it-safe-to-update/#findComment-1051040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
westwaerts Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 1. No one would use the apple updater 2. DL the package and install with Pacifist 3. From 10.5.2 to 10.5.6 there are a lot of traps, even more for a non Intel machine Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148442-is-it-safe-to-update/#findComment-1051449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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