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

[Jules Field]

The copy of the Boot Camp drivers are included in the copy of Snow 
Leopard whose iso is on the software server cifs://software/software or 
\\software\software depending on your OS.

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>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     --     Andrew Paul Landells        Systems Administrator & 
>> Programmer
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>>     Electronics & Computer Science
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>>
>>
>>
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>

Jules

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