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Q: I am on a MAC PPC G5 with OSX 10.5.8 and can't get the Leopard disk to stay in the drive, although " Woodstock - The Director's Cut plays fine " HELP !!

I am on a MAC PPC G5 with OSX 10.5.8 and can't get the Leopard disk to stay in the drive, although " Woodstock - The Director's Cut " plays fine, HELP !!

PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), many other inconsistencies also

Posted on Jun 12, 2013 11:06 AM

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  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jun 12, 2013 11:46 PM in response to musefyre
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    Jun 12, 2013 11:46 PM in response to musefyre

    Hi,

     

    Is this a Gray Install Disc?

     

    What is the2z691-****-A number on it?

  • by musefyre,

    musefyre musefyre Jun 17, 2013 3:42 PM in response to BDAqua
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    Jun 17, 2013 3:42 PM in response to BDAqua

    HI BDAqua, been out of town for the weekend.  Sorry for the negligence in failing to respond.  No, actually, it is the Mac OS X Leopard Version 10.5 CPU drop-in DVD which I have updated this poor old nag with before, when it failed due to comcast installations of their stuff, and in other instances of reistallation.  It's version 10.5 and has 2Z691-6040-A as additional identifying info on the front of the disc. ( It is 2007 © ) .  Thanks.  It still will not stay in the drive.  I am trying to get the thing back to where it was when it was a " fully functional " computer, albeit 10.5.8.

  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Jun 17, 2013 3:44 PM in response to musefyre
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    Jun 17, 2013 3:44 PM in response to musefyre

    That DVD is hardware specific to the poor old nag and will not work for any other Mac.

     

    Allan

  • by musefyre,

    musefyre musefyre Jun 17, 2013 4:25 PM in response to Allan Eckert
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    Jun 17, 2013 4:25 PM in response to Allan Eckert

    I know it is hardware specific to the MAC PPC G5 ( Poor Old Nag ), and I have previously used it, as there is no alternative.  When I opened the Xcode app in the App folder it required rebooting again, but refuses to take the aforementioned disk, which has worked fine before ¿?¿  Thank you very much.

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jun 17, 2013 4:43 PM in response to musefyre
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    Jun 17, 2013 4:43 PM in response to musefyre

    Yes it is the right Disc...

     

    2Z691-6040-A  (OEM) Drop-in DVD...

    System Requirements 
Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor. User must already have 10.4 or above to install this 10.5 upgrade.

     

    Compatibility 
eMac (2005), iBook G4 (Mid 2005), iMac G5 17-inch (ALS), iMac G5 20-inch (ALS), iMac G5 (17-inch iSight), iMac G5 (20-inch iSight), iMac (Early 2006 17-inch), iMac (Early 2006 20-inch), iMac (Mid 2006 17-inch), iMac (17-inch Late 2006 CD), iMac (17-inch Late 2006), iMac (20-inch Late 2006), iMac (24-inch Late 2006), iMac (20-inch Mid 2007), iMac (24-inch Mid 2007), Mac mini, Mac mini (Late 2005), Mac mini (Early 2006), Mac mini (Late 2006), Mac mini (Mid 2007), Mac Pro, Mac Pro (8-core), MacBook (13-inch), MacBook (13-inch Late 2006), MacBook (13-inch Mid 2007), MacBook (13-inch Late 2007), MacBook (13-inch Early 2008), MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, MacBook Pro (17-inch), MacBook Pro (15-inch Glossy), MacBook Pro (15-inch Core 2 Duo), MacBook Pro (17-inch Core 2 Duo), MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2GHz), MacBook Pro (17-inch 2.4GHz), MacBook Pro (Early 2008), Power Mac G5 (Early 2005), Power Mac G5 (Late 2005), PowerBook G4 (15-inch Double-Layer SD), PowerBook G4 (17-inch Double-Layer SD), Xserve (Late 2006)

     

    http://www.welovemacs.com/2z6916040a.html

     

    I'd try to find another Mac to make a DMG of it & burn a copy to see if that works better.

  • by musefyre,

    musefyre musefyre Jun 19, 2013 10:03 PM in response to BDAqua
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    Jun 19, 2013 10:03 PM in response to BDAqua

    Yes BD and Allan.  You are correct.  It is a permissions problem, I think.  I can't afford a new MAC, so I'll figure it out.  Thank you very much for your expertise, time and trouble.  When I got my computer science degree in ' 82,

    I wondered how this whole computer " World " was going to work.  Answer was and is self evident.

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jun 20, 2013 1:41 AM in response to musefyre
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    Jun 20, 2013 1:41 AM in response to musefyre

     

  • by musefyre,

    musefyre musefyre Aug 10, 2013 10:55 PM in response to musefyre
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    Aug 10, 2013 10:55 PM in response to musefyre

    APPLE HAS REVIVED A MAC OS X 10.5.8 Download, online - which I just used, and it was a work-around to the OS X Leopard DVD constantly being ejected from the Drive.  It was on an Apple Developer site which I accessed by posting that I was unable to restore 10.5.8.  I'm sorry to not have the URL, but it was on page 3 or 4 of the site for 10.5.8 problems. Hallelujah !!!  I feel like Steve reached beyond the grave to help die hard Apple users who are otherwise SOFL.  I don't know whether it will sove any other problems but I feel like it was a GODSEND for them to do that, indeed !!!!!

    ∞  Thanks Apple , Cheerio