> IIRC, this is because the $29 Snow Leopard disc is an upgrade disc > intended to be installed over Leopard.
This is incorrect. All $29 "retail" Snow Leopard disks are full versions, capable of being installed on any machine, even one which has no OS of any kind at all. THERE WERE NO "retail" UPGRADE DISKS! Snow Leopard was indeed retail priced as if it was an upgrade, but it was a full version from the git go. Not only is there no requirement for Leopard to be on the target machine, you can even install Snow Leopard on a Hackintosh, using only the iBOOT CD as a helper to launch the Snow Leopard Installer. iBOOT is a Linux application which prepares the machine for a full installation of Snow Leopard. Lion is also priced as if it was an upgrade, but it is also a full version. There are a number of ways of installing Lion on a Hckintosh, only one of which requires Snow Leopard. The Lion installation method which does not require Snow Leopard at all resides on a USB flash drive and the Lion application is ripped apart (saving just the Lion Installer) and moved onto the USB flash drive. This is done using the "mkboot" script in TERMINAL. You would boot the USB flash drive and the next thing you see is the Lion Installer popping on the screen. Once the Lion installation was complete, you would boot the USB flash drive again and then use the "finalize" script in TERMINAL to write the boot loader to the hard drive. Thereafter, Lion boots directly from the hard drive without any other assistance. Now, Apple's Lion installation method does indeed require Snow Leopard to be on the target machine, because Apple's Lion installation procedure was written as an application, not as an installer. However, the full installer is indeed contained within the application, and those who are in the know will know how to use that installer. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
