Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD...

Subject	Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD...
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From	Ant <ant@zimage.comANT>
Organization	An Ant Farm
Date	2017-02-19 11:06 -0800
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On 2/19/2017 10:49 AM, Ant wrote:
> On 2/19/2017 10:24 AM, Ant wrote:
>> On 2/19/2017 10:15 AM, Ant wrote:
>>> On 2/18/2017 10:33 AM, Ant wrote:
>>> ...
>>>>> in any event, boot from an external hard drive that has a known good
>>>>> system. if *that* fails, it's probably hardware. if it works, then all
>>>>> you need to do is clean install.
>>>>
>>>> OK. I am going to have to see if I can install 10.5.x into an external
>>>> USB HDD with MBP's original DVDs.
>>>
>>> OK, back to work on this old 15" early 2008 MBP. There were issues I ran
>>> into with the external WDC 2 TB USB HDD with MBP's Mac OS X v10.5.2
>>> DVDs:
>>>
>>> 1. It didn't want to see the drive, but eventually it worked. Weird.
>>> 2. It did not like the partition setups like my FAT32, so I had to redo
>>> it with its HFS Journal.
>>> 3. I couldn't reinstall into the old MBP's HDD with its installed and
>>> updated Mac OS X v10.5.8 because of the versions (can't install older
>>> over newer). So I would have to wipe it if I wanted to reinstall it.
>>> Don't have a newer Mac OS X version yet. I'll worry about it later. I am
>>> not touching the internal HDD yet.
>>>
>>> Currently, the installer is slowly verifying the DVDs are OK before
>>> installing the OS. Weird that I can't move my trackpad cursor. The video
>>> shows its status bar animating and percentage going up slowly though. I
>>> hope I don't run into more issues (always do :() and that this old MBP
>>> can boot from it too after it is done.
>>>
>>> To be continued...
>>
>> Uh oh. MBP's display dimmed after and then went black (energy saving I
>> assume from idling). I can't seem to wake it up. I don't know if is
>> still running? I still feel heat from the keyboard and hear its fan(s),
>> so it is doing something? I don't hear and feel the DVD spinning. How do
>> I wake it up or even disable this monitor sleep during DVD installer? :(
>
> Ah, pressing power button once wakes it up but I still can't move my
> cursor. Also, my install failed and I noticed my USB HDD's power light
> was off (disconnected?). :( I will have to try again. Argh!

Installing with take about a couple hours. MBP likes to dim and then 
probably turn off its display. Trackpad's mouse cursor still works. I 
think it goes off when the display goes off? I don't think I can keep 
touching to keep it awake so often too for two hours. :(
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