10.5.8

is now available

Fun!

Double-reboot time. Hopefully the graphics driver will be updated too.

Edited by deleted (Wed 05-Aug-09 22:41:15)

It was a double reboot indeed

But it's done and dusted

Just performed the update.
I did the usual voodoo verified the disk and repaired permissions etc.
I switched off time machine and downloaded the update via software update.
The download went ok then it went to the time machine desktop and the installing files progress bar.
It stopped right away with an error could not update files due to an unknown error, with a restart button.
I restarted and I was back at 10.5.7, good recovery Apple.
I then downloaded the combo update 767mb I think and that installed ok.
I seen a dialogue "Updating bootcache files, installation will continue after completion, with an ok button"
The computer restarted a couple of times and it seems to be fine.
I'll update the list if there are any problems.

I think the failure of the first installation was it could not update the bootcache files but this is only a guess.

In reply to a post by stniuk:

a dialogue "Updating bootcache files, installation will continue after completion, with an ok button"

Got that on the MacBook, but not on the iMac... wonder what those files actually do?

Here. Hope it makes sense!

Hmm - don't recall getting that.

How odd

Everything went well for me - no hiccups just the double restart

In reply to a post by AnotherExPipex:

Here. Hope it makes sense!

Yes it does, thanks

Could also go some way to explaining why the first boot after an update is slower than subsequent ones here- the cache hit rate is probably diabolical

In reply to a post by goldenoldie:

How odd

Might be due to how often you do a restart... my iMac normally only ever gets restarted after an update (last uptime was about a month iirc), the MacBook gets shut down most times I use it.

the MacBook rarely gets a restart though it has had 3 recently - one in London on 22 July , again on 30 July and again the evening of 30 July when I got back home . It only gets shut down if I leave home or if something odd is going on - like my Cable Modem/Router are playing up and I need to reboot them.