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...
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.portable, comp.sys.mac.portables, comp.sys.mac.hardware, comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.systems
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From	Ant <ant@zimage.comANT>
Organization	An Ant Farm
Date	2017-02-18 16:44 -0800
Message-ID	<MM6dnWi9QfvadzXFnZ2dnUU7-VmdnZ2d@earthlink.com> (permalink)

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On 2/18/2017 3:50 PM, nospam wrote:
> In article <pqWdnTMbX7PyQDXFnZ2dnUU7-WnNnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant
> <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
>
>>>> OK. I will just hook up an external USB HDD, boot up Mac OS X
>>>> v10.5/Leopard installer DVD, install into the external drive, and test.
>>>> I have never done it from a DVD source in Macs. I always did it inside
>>>> installed OS.
>>
>>> any drive with el capitan or earlier will suffice.
>>
>> Yeah, I need to get a bootable installer for the newer version which
>> I don't have yet. I only have their downloaded apps from App Store. I
>> need to get another Mac to make them. Unless I can do them in 64-bit
>> Windows 7 and Linux/Debian (Jessie/stable) which I doubt? I am quite
>> limited in Macs these days since I no longer work for the company that
>> let me work on a newer Macs. :(
>
> don't you have a spare drive with a bootable system? even a usb stick
> will work.

Not right now. I still have that encrypted mac OS Sierra on there, but I 
doubt this old 2008 MBP can boot it.


>> However, I just found an old burned v10.8.2/Mountain Lion DVD+R DL disc
>> I made from 2012. I could use these too. :D Although, I'm not sure if
>> this old MBP can read dual layer DVD+Rs?
>
> it should.

It doesn't. :( It (ejec/spit)ted the disc out after trying to boot. I 
guess its internal SuperDisc drive can't read dual layered DVD+Rs.
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  Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/Mt. Lion... nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-18 11:11 -0500
    Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-02-18 10:33 -0800
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                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-02-20 00:26 -0800
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                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-02-21 01:19 -0800
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-21 14:56 +0000
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-02-24 11:30 -0800
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                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-02-19 11:52 -0800
  Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/Leopard (SMART test results) Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-02-20 01:17 -0800
    Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/Leopard (SMART test results) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-20 15:33 +0000
      Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/Leopard (SMART test results) Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-02-20 09:51 -0800
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