MacMacMacMac Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 If I install Leopard (any version) on one computer and that hdd (containing only Leopard) put in another computer, will that work (on the second computer)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTL Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 If I install Leopard (any version) on one computer and that hdd (containing only Leopard) put in another computer, will that work (on the second computer)? Depends on the hardware of each machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMacMacMac Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 On one machine one motherboard is Gigabyte Ga-p31-ds3l (the working one), on the second computer Asus P5K SE (install problem, can't recognize dvd), the rest of hardware is the same. So, if I install Leo on Gigabyte, will it work on Asus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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shael Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 ya it not like windows its not hardware dependent but aslong as its compatible it will work no problem i installed leopard on my notebook and put the drive in my pc and boots just fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMacMacMac Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 thanx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naddy69 Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 ya it not like windows its not hardware dependent but aslong as its compatible it will work no problem This sentence makes no sense at all. Of course it is "hardware dependent". If you plop that drive into a machine that OS X has no drivers for the SATA or IDE controller, then it isn't going to even boot. Then if it does boot, you need drivers for your LAN, audio and video stuff, USB etc. "As long as its compatible" means that it IS "hardware dependent". Windows is actually BETTER at this. If it can boot at all Windows will automatically install drivers for everything (if it already has them), otherwise it will prompt you for where to look for them (internet, CD, whatever). OS X will just hang/not boot/kernel panic/something will not work when the drivers are not present. There is no prompting for drivers in OS X - you are on your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMacMacMac Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 "If you plop that drive into a machine that OS X has no drivers for the SATA or IDE controller..." Does MotherBoard P5K SE or OS X have that "things" that could work together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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