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Newbie install

I was hoping someone woud answer a stupid newbie question for me. I purchased all the parts from the recommended hardware articles and am not sure what disk image I should to install with. Do I just use my OSX 10.5 disk? GA-P35-DS3P 256 MB…

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@jasenr Published 2008-11-09
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Leopard 10.5
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2,857 historical reads · 3 curated field notes (from 6 dispatches) · 2008-11-09 – 2008-11-14
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I was hoping someone woud answer a stupid newbie question for me. I purchased all the parts from the recommended hardware articles and am not sure what disk image I should to install with. Do I just use my OSX 10.5 disk?

GA-P35-DS3P

256 MB PCI Express Gigabyte GeForce 8600GT (I think)

Q6600

4GB Corsair Dominator (2*2GB)

WD SATA HD

Sony DVD-+RW SATA

Thanks for any help you can give!

Synthesized Community Field Notes

3 technical responses curated from 6 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @Aydinz 2008-11-11

try the 10.5 disk, if that doesnt work, use Kalyway distro

Field Note #2 @Voyn1x 2008-11-11

Yep, i would use the 10.5 retail disk with the boot132 method if you can.

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Sources & Contributor Provenance (5 credited usernames · Thread #1575)
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@jasenrPrimary Author22008-11-09 → 2008-11-13
@AydinzContributor12008-11-11
@Voyn1xContributor12008-11-11
@nfoav8orContributor12008-11-13
@milancaContributor12008-11-14

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