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Apr 21, 2013 2:07 PM in response to Cisherwoodby Texas Mac Man,Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard installation system requirements
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24950
Installing Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1544
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Installation and Setup Guide
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/leopard_install-setup.pdf
After you install the base 10.5, download & install the 10.5.8 combo update at http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mac_OS_X_10_5_8_Combo_Update
Does your DVD look like this?
A gray disc from another model Mac won't work.
Cheers, Tom
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Apr 21, 2013 2:07 PM in response to Cisherwoodby BDAqua,Hello,
What is the 2z691-****-A number on the Disc?
Is it a Gray Machine specific disc?
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Apr 21, 2013 2:25 PM in response to Texas Mac Manby Cisherwood,Yes, it is the purple disc. And the PowerMac also meets the requirements for Leopard.
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Apr 21, 2013 3:10 PM in response to Cisherwoodby BDAqua,Does it show as a boot choice if you hold alt key at bootup?
Might it be this?
Firmware password protection in Mac OS X ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1352
It would block usage of all the startup keys, like C, N, T, D, CMD+s, CMD+Option+p+r, CMD +v, Option boot will show a lock, and Shift, as well as booting from anything but the Hard Drive.
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Apr 21, 2013 3:49 PM in response to BDAquaby Cisherwood,Yes, it does show as an option when holding Alt. I've tried booting from there, as well as holding C on startup
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Apr 22, 2013 10:17 AM in response to Cisherwoodby BDAqua,Seems we have some hardware issue, but anyway you can make a copy of that Disk using Disk Utility on another Mac to try?
