[OSX-Users] Re: MacOS X 10.6 Snow Leopard now available

mc mc at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Fri Sep 11 13:45:41 BST 2009


On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:15:01 +0100, Tom Hebbron <teh07r at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
wrote:
> As is normally the way, I've answered my own question. It seems that the 
> ISO file on \\software is the HFS+ partition only, not the full hybrid 
> disk and doesn't include the ISO partition with the Windows drivers on. 
> Can anyone confirm this, and where can I get the bits from the missing 
> partition from?

Thanks for raising this TOm,
will be keen to hear a reply, too.
mc

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tom.
> 
> Tom Hebbron wrote:
>> Sorry if I'm being a bit thick, but is this the full retail version? 
>> I  burnt a DL-DVD, upgraded the Mac side fine, but there doesn't seem 
>> to be any bootcamp related stuff on the DVD?
>>
>> I've managed to get Windows 7 installed on a partition, but can't for 
>> the life of me see how to get the drivers off the Snow Leopard DVD.
>>
>> Any suggestions gratefully received...
>>
>> Tom.
>>
>> Jules wrote:
>>> I have just put the final retail version of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow 
>>> Leopard on the software server at
>>> cifs://software.ecs.soton.ac.uk/software.
>>>
>>> If you don't know how to mount that drive, click on the desktop 
>>> background anywhere, and then choose Go / Connect to Server... from 
>>> the menu. Enter "cifs://software/software" or 
>>> "cifs://software.ecs.soton.ac.uk/software" in the dialog and log in 
>>> with your usual ECS username and password.
>>>
>>> Open the following folder: images / apple / Snow.Leopard and then 
>>> read the README.txt file in there to see what to do next.
>>>
>>> I strongly advise you ensure you have an up to date backup before you 
>>> start installing it.
>>>
>>> I'm sure you can figure it out! Any problems, ask your nearest 
>>> sysprog/./
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk 
>>
>>
>>


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