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

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.portable, comp.sys.mac.portables, comp.sys.mac.hardware, comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.systems
Subject	Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD...
Followup-To	comp.sys.mac.system
Date	2017-02-19 21:36 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2017-02-19, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

Reminder: 
Please trim unnecessary quoted material from your replies so we don't
have to scroll through needless crap to see what you wrote.  Pretty sure
you've been asked to do so several times in the past. ; )

> Yay, I finally and sucessfully booted up the brand new Mac OS X
> v10.5.2 from the external USB HDD. Its required registration was
> annoying (no cancel and skip options)!

For as long as I can remember the Command-Q (Quit) command has skipped
the optional registration.

> Anyways, I also updated v10.5.2 to v10.5.8 and all of its updates
> until there were nothing left. Also, I can see and access MBP's
> internal USB HDD just fine. I wonder if I can fix the issue in it. Any
> ideas what to try? This would be a good practice for me if it is
> possible. ;)

Boot in verbose mode and pay attention to the messages that are
displayed. The startup messages will often tell you what's wrong with a
system that is failing to start up properly. Look for *errors* and
*failures* in particular. Post the messages here (photos or transcribed)
for help figuring out what they mean if needed.

> Also for kicks for the future newer OS X versions, I tried to see if
> my App Store's downloaded newer Mac OS X installers: El Capitan
> v10.11.5 = "not supported on this architecture" Yosemite v10.10.5 =
> "cannot use the application with this version of OS X" Mountain Lion
> v10.8.5 = "cannot use the application with this version of OS X" What
> the heck?

Newer systems often drop support for older hardware. Is that really a
surprise to you? How long have you been an Apple user again?

>  Do I really need to get v10.6 first to upgrade or do a clean install?

I highly recommend running 10.6 if the hardware supports it.

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JR

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Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/Mt. Lion... Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-02-18 02:45 -0800
  Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/Mt. Lion... "David B." <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2017-02-18 14:33 +0000
    Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/Mt. Lion... christian161130@ghanart.org (Christian) - 2017-02-18 16:57 +0100
      Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/Mt. Lion... "David B." <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2017-02-20 10:40 +0000
        Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/Mt. Lion... Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-20 15:36 +0000
  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
      Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-18 13:37 -0500
        Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-02-18 14:19 -0600
          Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-18 20:59 +0000
            Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-02-18 17:10 -0600
      Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-18 18:50 +0000
        Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-02-18 14:23 -0600
          Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-18 15:28 -0500
            Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-02-18 17:13 -0600
              Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-18 18:14 -0500
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-02-18 17:31 -0600
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-18 18:36 -0500
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-02-18 17:49 -0600
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-18 18:50 -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 16:44 -0800
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-18 19:48 -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 18:27 -0800
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-18 21:30 -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 18:58 -0800
      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 10:15 -0800
        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 10:24 -0800
          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 10:49 -0800
            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 11:06 -0800
              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 11:41 -0800
                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 11:54 -0800
                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 13:24 -0800
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-19 16:31 -0500
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-02-19 15:34 -0800
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-19 18:36 -0500
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-02-20 03:34 -0800
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-19 21:36 +0000
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-02-20 10:55 +1300
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