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Re: Mac Pro 1,1 upgrade to Yosemite

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In article <54da7904$0$39582$c3e8da3$f017e9df@news.astraweb.com>,
Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm upgrading a Mac Pro 1,1 to Yosemite and it's easier than you'd think 
> if you have access to a Mac that can run it (Yosemite) natively.  I got 
> it to work by hooking up a BlackX dock to my MacBook Pro 4,1, and 
> installing to an older 320gig drive. Then I booted the MacBook Pro from 
> that drive and upgraded to 10.10.2. Then I hooked the BlacX with the 
> drive in it to my Mac Pro and booted and HOLY SHIT, there it was all 
> nicely booted.
> 
> Of course, I can't do anything useful with it because I still have the 
> original 7300 GT video adapter, but that's easy to replace and the cost 
> is nothing really given that it will breath about 4 years of new life 
> into a very powerful computer.
> 
> Basically the steps are:
> 
> Hook a drive up to a Yosemite-capable Mac
> Run the Install Yosemite application, and choose that drive
> Let it install (takes its own sweet time)
> Reboot the Yosemite-capable Mac from that drive 
> Let the system update to 10.10.2

The problem is that installing an updating on a totally different
computer may not install all the necessary drivers, etc. for all of the
the second computer's hardware.

As an example, installing Mac OS X on a Mac Pro without a DVD drive may
not install CD / DVD drivers, so the Mac Pro may not be able to use
it's DVD drive. (Before the numbnuts start: this is just a simple
example, not an actual situation. With some people still using external
DVD drives, it's likely Mac OS X still installs DVD drivers as standard
anyway.)

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Mac Pro 1,1 upgrade to Yosemite Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-10 16:32 -0500
  Re: Mac Pro 1,1 upgrade to Yosemite Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-10 21:55 +0000
    Re: Mac Pro 1,1 upgrade to Yosemite Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-10 19:15 -0500
  Re: Mac Pro 1,1 upgrade to Yosemite Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-11 13:08 +1300
    Re: Mac Pro 1,1 upgrade to Yosemite Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-10 19:20 -0500

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