[geeks] DVD install of MacOS 10.5.3 or 10.5.4

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Jul 27, 2008, at 17:44 , Nadine Miller wrote:

> It's not impossible to build your own--in fact with an external disk  
> (an older Firewire iPod, for example), it's downright easy and you  
> can add whatever tools on there you want besides.

Easy for you and I, but not the average Mac user.

> I mean, when was the last time you actually got a DVD image of  
> Solaris that was fully updated, or <insert favorite Linux distro  
> here>?

When was the last time you needed that with Solaris or Linux?

But to answer your question: you can get updated bootable DVDs of  
either almost monthly.

The problem with Leopard is 10.5.0 has critical filesystem code errors  
in it, and it is dangerous to use 10.5.0 to fix a system.

A full filesystem scan is exactly the kind of application that  
triggers some of the nastier filesystem behavior that Apple finally  
fixed in 10.5.3.

For most end users, it would be prudent for Apple to ship at least a  
simple bootable repair CD with the fixed filesystem (and other) code  
in it.



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Shannon Hendrix
shannon at widomaker.com