Kevin Sherman Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 At 10.4.2 update you all list a ton of .gz files... after extracting everyting, how exactly do I update? and do I want to?? I am new to OSX and the like, so I will need much explanation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtherealRemnant Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 At 10.4.2 update you all list a ton of .gz files... after extracting everyting, how exactly do I update? and do I want to?? I am new to OSX and the like, so I will need much explanation... Well, that's the Darwin update, isn't it? I think I'd not play with that unless you want to make your system go fubar. Its the source and you have to build and install it all yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Yeah, thats only Darwin parts, someone can view what else update to 10.4.2 has with Pacifist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiebeest Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Well, that's the Darwin update, isn't it?I think I'd not play with that unless you want to make your system go fubar. Its the source and you have to build and install it all yourself. What good is having the Darwin updates from Tiger 10.4.2?What's there to gain? Knowledge? Drivers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtherealRemnant Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 I'd say that there is probably SOME benefit found there... But honestly, I doubt that there will be much since that's code optimized for PPC anyway, not x86, and as far as I'm aware and that won't provide much in the way of drivers either. The problem with drivers is that the individual companies that make the hardware also make the drivers for Apple. Unless I'm missing something that says Apple engineers every driver used on their systems, which seems like a huge waste of time. Basically, we're driverless until either a) we find a way to rebuild the drivers already present ourselves and make them function with OS X or ATI/nVidia/whoever make drivers for x86 PCs. I don't think b will be happening (or at least not available) until after Mactel goes live next year and by then, the current hacks that we have will be completely disabled from downloading drivers anyway I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
einstein Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 sure, there are not x86 files, just ppc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Sherman Posted September 29, 2005 Author Share Posted September 29, 2005 I'd say that there is probably SOME benefit found there... But honestly, I doubt that there will be much since that's code optimized for PPC anyway, not x86, and as far as I'm aware and that won't provide much in the way of drivers either. The problem with drivers is that the individual companies that make the hardware also make the drivers for Apple. Unless I'm missing something that says Apple engineers every driver used on their systems, which seems like a huge waste of time. Basically, we're driverless until either a) we find a way to rebuild the drivers already present ourselves and make them function with OS X or ATI/nVidia/whoever make drivers for x86 PCs. I don't think b will be happening (or at least not available) until after Mactel goes live next year and by then, the current hacks that we have will be completely disabled from downloading drivers anyway I'm sure. Well true, but I'd like to think that when Mactel goes live, we will have a whole new asortment of hacks that will allow us to continue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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