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Jun 10, 2011 11:59 AM in response to ice boy 214by Allan Jones,Are these the dark purple and black disk with a dark metallic gray "X" on them?
You error sounds like your disk are instead gray system install/restore disks that came with another Mac model. If they were for an Intel iMac, they won't work at all.
Can you provide a link to the amazon page that had the disks?
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Jun 10, 2011 4:18 PM in response to Allan Jonesby ice boy 214,of course i would have retuned them if they weren't.
here are the links.
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Jun 10, 2011 4:23 PM in response to ice boy 214by Carolyn Samit,That's for Leopard server.
You need this.
Make sure your Mac meets Leopard's minimum requirements.
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Jun 10, 2011 4:31 PM in response to Carolyn Samitby ice boy 214,the first one is after i figured that out i returned it.
as for the second one, there is no reason for it not to work.
according to apple, it is able to run it.
eMac detailed specs "According to apple" (mine is the model with the combo drive, 40GB HDD, 1GB Ram)
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP85
Mac OS X Leopard Detailed Specs "according to apple"
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Jun 10, 2011 4:33 PM in response to ice boy 214by Carolyn Samit,Make sure there's enough free space to install Leopard.
Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon. Click Get Info. In the Get Info window you will see Capacity and Available. Make sure you have a minimum of 15% free disk space.
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Jun 10, 2011 4:40 PM in response to ice boy 214by Carolyn Samit,disks i've bought boot up
If you are trying to boot from the Amazon discs, don't. Just insert the disc into the optical drive. The disc should mount on the Desktop.
If you still have problems, launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left then select the FirstAid tab.
Click: Verify Disk (not Verify Disk Permissions). If the startup disk needs repairing, follow the instructions for Using Disk Utility to verify or repair disks.
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Jun 10, 2011 4:45 PM in response to Carolyn Samitby ice boy 214,well, the 2nd Disk "10.5.6" doesn't show up on the desktop but it does show up on startup disk, Disk Utility, and it also boots up. Except only after it verifies it says that i couldn't located something or it needs internet connection (all though its connected to the internet).
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Jun 10, 2011 4:48 PM in response to ice boy 214by ice boy 214,i will also format the main drive if i have to (although i don't have the Tiger disks anymore i have them archived in a 1 terabyte HDD on my pc (its a force of habit and something my brother taught me to back-up all the disks/cds/dvd we buy on to the 1TB HDD)
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Jun 10, 2011 4:49 PM in response to ice boy 214by Carolyn Samit,No... I should have made this clearer.. my fault.
Since you don't have Leopard installed, run Disk Utility from the Applications/Utilities folder. If the startup disk needs repairing, use your original eMac install disc or your Tiger disc, to repair the hard drive.
but it does show up on startup disk, Disk Utility, and it also boots up.
Not sure what you mean by, "it also boots up"... you can't boot into Leopard without it being installed.
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Jun 10, 2011 4:51 PM in response to Carolyn Samitby ice boy 214,my bad i meant the installer for leopard loads up.
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Jun 10, 2011 4:54 PM in response to ice boy 214by Carolyn Samit,say the same thing that i'm missing something or the installer can't locate something.
Follow my instructions and check the startup disk in case it needs repairing BEFORE trying to install Leopard.
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Jun 10, 2011 4:55 PM in response to Carolyn Samitby ice boy 214,well i just checked it but there are no errors.
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Jun 10, 2011 5:00 PM in response to ice boy 214by Carolyn Samit,What exactly did Disk Utility report?
