Are all osx install disks the same? 10.6......

I have my install disks from my mac mini and I want to wipe my 2008 MacBook. Can I use these disks to install 10.6.8 again? Or do I need the install disks for the MacBook?

 

You should be able to install

 

Ok...I will give it a shot!

 

let us know how it goes.

 

No go. Won't allow it to be installed. I went back to my hard drive, I am going to format my SSD and install again.

 

Must be a check condition in the OSInstall.mpkg

I would try downloading a clean ISO of snow leopard and making a bootable USB drive installer with the snow leopard image.

 

The 2008 Macbook (Intel GMA X3100) will take a Lion (10.7) installer . Can you get that and make a USB installer from the Mac App Store? (You may have to un-hide old purchases, assuming Apple thinks you bought Lion.)

I always bought a retail DVD of 10.5 and 10.6 ($20 or 30) and just used that. It's for reasons like the OP describes is why I hate all castrated OEM media with the fire of a thousand suns.

 

Being an OSX86 guy, I always used to find a clean ISO somewhere and just use another mac to restore its contents to a USB drive so I could use that instead. no limitations, no checks, installs on whatever, and its faster than a dvd

 

My mac is messed up. I cannot log in to the store, it says my password is incorrect, I know its right....then it sends me a code for my phone, which I enter into the password section and still nothing. I cannot use boot camp to put windows on it...it just looks for a boot drive....and I cannot select one. I think its done for.

 

You probably have to look outside the normal channels.....

 

I am selling it for parts etc. I removed the hard drives, and just selling the rest of it. Since I cannot get it working correctly, I may try to format the hard drive on another computer so its clean again, and try loading from that disk again.

 

if you pay for shipping and a slight fee I can reload OS X on there for you.

 

I will figure it out. somehow...even if I have to buy the install disks again.

 

sent you a PM

 

Thanks! got it and will try it this week!