1625 OS X 10.5 Leopard is a cat that's turning out to have a fair few fleas. Apple has released a gaggle of A Knowledge Base articles on how to cope, plus a new developer note document. Here's are more profiles of and links to some recent articles posted.


Mac OS X 10.5: Only installation option may be Erase and Install
Mac OS X 10.5: Unable To Log In To Account After An Upgrade Install
Mac OS X 10.5: Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions reports a permissions issue with ARDAgent

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Mac OS X 10.5: Only installation option may be Erase and Install

When installing Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, the only available installation option may be Erase and Install. An alert may appear during installation, such as "You can not install mac os x on this volume with out changing your installation settings...".

Products affected
• Mac OS X 10.5

Solution

TechTool Pro "eDrive"

One reason this may happen is TechTool Pro was previously used to create an eDrive on the destination volume. To resolve this particular issue, refer to Micromat's website.

Check the destination volume for issues
For more information, visit:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306877






Mac OS X 10.5: Unable To Log In To Account After An Upgrade Install

You may not be able to log in with a user account that has a password of 8 or more characters and was originally created in Mac OS X 10.2.8 or earlier, after performing an upgrade installation of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (the default installation type).

Products affected
• Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
• Mac OS X Server version 10.5 Leopard

For solution, see:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306840






Mac OS X 10.5: Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions reports a permissions issue with ARDAgent

The following message may appear in the Disk Utility log window when repairing disk permissions.

Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent has been modified and will not be repaired.

Products affected
• Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

Solution

You can safely ignore this message. It is accurate, but not a cause for concern.

You can check it out at:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306925

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