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Current retail version of Snow Leopard?
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My Mac Pro would need at least 10.6.4 to boot from DVD since it had been upgraded with an ATI Radeon HD 5770. Alas, I can't find a retail version of Snow Leopard newer than 10.6.3. Since I had purchased Snow Leopard 10.6.0 from the Online Apple Store, could I ask them for a newer DVD install disc.?
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10.6.3 is the latest released. I would suggest calling Applecare to see what they say, but I suspect the main reason they say that the card is only compatible with the 2010 Mac Pros is because there isn't a version of 10.6.4 available for older computers.
You'll probably need to install the older card in the event you need to reinstall your OS.
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Go to Apple and download the Server Admin Tools. Most of the tools in the installation are intended for working with an OS X server, but there is one called System Image Utility. Using that Utility, you can create system installation image that includes newer updates. I never did it myself, but it seems to do what you want.
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The low-end Mac Pro is the most overpriced Mac since the IIvx
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Originally Posted by P 
Go to Apple and download the Server Admin Tools. Most of the tools in the installation are intended for working with an OS X server, but there is one called System Image Utility. Using that Utility, you can create system installation image that includes newer updates. I never did it myself, but it seems to do what you want.
That just builds an image of a disk, primarily for netbooting purposes. It doesn't make an OS installer.
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I remember doing some research on this a couple of years back, and never found any way to do this successfully. I'm not aware of things having changed unfortunately. 
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Originally Posted by ChrisF
That just builds an image of a disk, primarily for netbooting purposes. It doesn't make an OS installer.
In the application you can indeed make a NetBooting image, but you can also make a NetInstall image (from an OS X install disc). AFAICT, that NetInstall image can just as easily be burned to a disc as used over the network. Keep in mind that I never tested this, but it seems to be possible.
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Hmm.. I find this confusing.
There is netBOOT, netINSTALL, and netRESTORE.
What I would love is a 10.6.8 netINSTALL that will install on all current hardware..
We can create 10.6.8 neboots and netrestores, but not a netinstall.
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You have to select an installation source (ie, the OS X DVD) before you're permitted to select NetInstall - for some reason. OTOH. it may be easier to make a fresh installation on one Mac, update it as far as you like, and then make a NetRestore image from that.
That tool is highly confusing, but there is a manual of sorts here.
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