Re: 10.5.6 build and single-user mode

[Patrick Fergus]

We have one Late ’08 MBP here that accepts a 10.5.6 build that was created from the following:

– Mac Pro (Aug 2006)
– 10.5.0 DVD (we don’t have a 10.5.4 disc that I know of)
– 10.5.6 Combo Update, Airport Utility 5.3.2, iTunes 8.0.2, QT 7.5.5, Java for Mac OS X Update 2 1.0, Safari 3.2.1, Front Row 2.1.6, QT H.264 Compatibility Update
– CustomPKGs

It seems to be ok. I don’t [i]think[/i] you have to use the latest hardware (that was a requirement for the more monolithic, “one perfect machine” old way of building images), although there have been a few exceptions with regards to the multitouch trackpad movies and the CCFL bulb icon in the Energy Saver Preference Pane (the former needs to be extracted off of a multitouch machine and the latter I haven’t encountered yet).

Is there anything missing from /System/Library/Extensions in the retail-originated build that exists in /S/L/E in the 9F2088-originated build?

Maybe you updated something beyond my list of Apple Updates and it borks 10.5.6/InstaDMG?

– Patrick