AppleOnHP Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 I have a Leopard disc for a mac mini that I want to install on my powerbook g4 1.67ghz. After i select the language, the installer tells me that it can not be installed on "this computer". I know that the installer has some sort of check to verify that it's being installed on a mac mini. I figured that it would be in the Distribution file, in the form of a method. I ripped the disc to a read/write image, and used pacifist to extract the Distribution file. Inside, the are a few hardware checks, but none of them are relevant. In fact, it seems as if the Distribution file is not specific to the mac mini at all. I looked online a bit and found this page here: http://blog.samsite.ca/2007/02/hacking-an-osx-restore-disc/ Seems to me that there is a plist file that is preventing the install. The only problem is, there is no OSInstallCache.plist, as promised by the above linked instructions. What shall I do? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/229723-unlocking-a-hardware-locked-os-x-installer/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Tracks Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 You have to toggle those invisible files in order to see the /system folder on that disk. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/229723-unlocking-a-hardware-locked-os-x-installer/#findComment-1543354 Share on other sites More sharing options...
miguelcobain Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 I couldn't unlock the DVD either. There is also these link: http://share-it.gatech.edu/campus/departme...-os-x-installer Couldn't get it to work, though. If someone wants something useful to do, i would be nice to create an intermediate bootable cd that could turn any snow leopard/leopard DVD bootable on any mac. That would be great. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/229723-unlocking-a-hardware-locked-os-x-installer/#findComment-1552258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Simpler solution by me http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...c=69634&hl= Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/229723-unlocking-a-hardware-locked-os-x-installer/#findComment-1617953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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