Re: [Fed-Talk] Mac OSX can't be installed?
Re: [Fed-Talk] Mac OSX can't be installed?
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Mac OSX can't be installed?
- From: "MSG Steven R. Wolf" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:32:37 -0500
If all else fails and assuming you had your snow leopard up to 6.4, you'll probably have to erase the disc and do a clean install.
MSG Wolf
On Sep 30, 2010, at 3:12 PM, email@hidden wrote:
> I've also seen it with Mac OS X Server where the install DVD was set to only install on a particular type of XServe (for example, I was only able to install from the 10.5.6 Server install DVD that came with the XServe (Early 2009) onto other XServes of the same model type. I wasn't able to use the DVD to install 10.5.6 on earlier Intel XServes because that same message would come up.
>
> However, if this is the same DVD that came with the Mini, I'm not sure where the problem is. What happens when you try to install onto an external Firewire drive?
>
> Thanks,
> Rich
>
> On Sep 30, 2010, at 3:32 PM, Dan O'Donnell wrote:
>
>> It could be a version mismatch or incompatibility.
>>
>> If you are running OSX 10.6.4 (the current workstation version) and try to
>> install OSXS 10.6.0 from the optical disk, I believe it will complain and
>> refuse.
>>
>> I have seen this issue but with a newly installed OSX 10.5.0 that was
>> subsequently updated to 10.5.8, and then an install of OSXS 10.5.0 that was
>> refused.
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> Dan O'Donnell
>>
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>> On 9/30/10 12:25 PM, "Williams, Donald, Mr., CIV, OSD/DoDEA-Europe"
>> <email@hidden> wrote:
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>>> I am trying to install Snow Leopard Server on my mac mini but I keep getting
>>> the error message "Mac OSX Can't Be Installed on this Computer"
>>>
>>> This is very strange however as I had Snow Leopard Server running on this mac
>>> mini and I am simply doing a re-install -
>>>
>>> Anyone have suggestions on how to fix this issue?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Willy
>>>
>>> Donald Toy Williams, Jr. (Willy)
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