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MacBook White Unibody won't boot from SL disc??
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1280197" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Well we'll have to see if the Leopard disk helps. It seems very strange that the computer runs fine using the optical drive to watch a movie (like you mentioned earlier)...but give a kernel panic when trying to install an OS.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I haven't been convinced 100% that you need SL to upgrade to Lion. Currently we're told you need SL to upgrade to Lion because you need the "Mac App Store" to download Lion (which is only found in SL). But...if someone was to purchase the "Lion on a USB stick" from Apple for $69.99 (later this month when it's available)...maybe you can upgrade from Leopard.</p><p></p><p>Like I said...total speculation on my part...I'm waiting to see (one way or the other with the availability of "Lion on USB stick") if SL is truly needed for a Lion upgrade. </p><p></p><p>But this is all beside the point...most kernel panics are hardware related...so it could be that your optical drive is "bad" in some way. On the positive side...if when Lion is available on a USB stick...upgrading your computer via the USB port (Lion on USB stick)...may be the solution to upgrading to Lion, and getting around the potentially bad optical drive.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1280197, member: 56379"] Well we'll have to see if the Leopard disk helps. It seems very strange that the computer runs fine using the optical drive to watch a movie (like you mentioned earlier)...but give a kernel panic when trying to install an OS. I haven't been convinced 100% that you need SL to upgrade to Lion. Currently we're told you need SL to upgrade to Lion because you need the "Mac App Store" to download Lion (which is only found in SL). But...if someone was to purchase the "Lion on a USB stick" from Apple for $69.99 (later this month when it's available)...maybe you can upgrade from Leopard. Like I said...total speculation on my part...I'm waiting to see (one way or the other with the availability of "Lion on USB stick") if SL is truly needed for a Lion upgrade. But this is all beside the point...most kernel panics are hardware related...so it could be that your optical drive is "bad" in some way. On the positive side...if when Lion is available on a USB stick...upgrading your computer via the USB port (Lion on USB stick)...may be the solution to upgrading to Lion, and getting around the potentially bad optical drive.:) - Nick [/QUOTE]
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