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

[mc]

THanks Jules
mc

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:19:48 +0100, Jules <sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> I'll rectify this on Monday when I get my Snow Leopard DVD back.
> 
> On 11/09/2009 11:14, Tom Hebbron wrote:
>> The latest available on the Apple site are 2.1 (I tried these, they 
>> refuse to run), but Snow Leopard has boot camp version 3.0, and it 
>> seems this is needed for Windows 7. Lots of torrents of 3.0 drivers 
>> available, but I'd rather get them from a known good source than risk 
>> that.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Tom.
>>
>> Ben Hodgson wrote:
>>> Tom,
>>>
>>> Is there any reason that you couldn't just download the boot camp 
>>> drivers from the Apple website and burn them to a separate disk?
>>>
>>> Ben
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Ben Hodgson
>>> http://twitter.com/blahpro
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Andrew Paul Landells 
>>> <apl at ecs.soton.ac.uk <mailto:apl at ecs.soton.ac.uk>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     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 <mailto: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
>>> <http://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
>>> <http://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 
>>> <mailto:sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
> 
> Jules