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Note Snow Leopard 10.6 Chameleon / Boot-132

Upgrading to 10.6

I don't want to install SL to a new partition or hard drive so is there any way in which I can upgrade from 10.5.8 (on an Intel PC) to 10.6 whilst maintaining all my files and software and keeping Chameleon working? What do I have to do?…

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@hdrevolution123 Published 2009-09-13
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Snow Leopard 10.6
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@hdrevolution123@Taisto

I don't want to install SL to a new partition or hard drive so is there any way in which I can upgrade from 10.5.8 (on an Intel PC) to 10.6 whilst maintaining all my files and software and keeping Chameleon working? What do I have to do?

Is it possible?

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Field Note #1 @Taisto 2009-09-13

I dont think so - not right now. Maybe with some pre-patched distro if they show up. Actual method using OSInstall.mpkg can't overwrite the system which is booted, and You need the system running to install new kernel, boot file, etc.

But if anyone has a method, i'd be interested too =)

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