Re: Need help with Intel Tiger archive install

Rob,

The startup fails because there are enough significant hardware
differences between the two iMacs that the boot section of the install
disks were changed to reflect the new hardware. So, the newer disks are
looking for specific hardward in the post to enable booting. When it does
not find it, it fails. You will have to either find the original disks or
an OS X install disk whose version is before the newer machine.

--Roy

> Hi all.
>
> I'm trying to do an "Archive Install" of an Intel Core 2 Duo iMac that's
> about a year and a half old - what I believe Apple calls "iMac (Late
> 2006)" - one of the white plastic, "squarish" ones.
>
> But, the only Intel Tiger install disks I have are system disks that
> came with a more recent model of Intel iMac - the model with the rounded
> back. And, when I start up the older iMac on one of these and then
> choose English, it says it can't run on this computer.
>
> I would have thought that a Tiger Intel disk would install on any Intel
> iMac, but this seems not to be the case. Does startup fail just because
> the install disk is a bundled disk, and Apple prevents it from being
> used on any but the bundled model computer? Do you know if there is any
> way to get the newer Tiger Intel system disk to perform an install on
> the older Intel iMac?
>
> Optionally, does anyone have a Tiger Intel system disk that I could try
> on this users' white plastic Intel iMac? Apple no longer sells Tiger
> disks, though I suppose if I knew what to buy I might find one on eBay.
>
> Thanks -
> Rob
>
> --
> Rob Weinberg
> Programmer Analyst II
> Tech Support for IB
> robweinberg_at_berkeley.edu
>
> Department of Integrative Biology
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> University of California
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>
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