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

[Andrew Paul Landells]

I'd guess you'd probably need to track down the original DVD, rather  
than an image thereof. I have one at home, but I'm away from the  
office for the next two weeks, so won't be able to bring it in until  
the start of term.

Regards,

On 11 Sep 2009, at 13:45, mc wrote:
> 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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Andrew Paul Landells        Systems Administrator & Programmer
                             Systems & Networks Group (B32/3057)
Email: apl at ecs.soton.ac.uk  School of Electronics & Computer Science
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