I dug up an old Mac Mini. It had snow leopard installed on it, and i set it up, but when i rebooted it, there was a kernel panic and it crashed. Now, the hard drive shows a folder with a ? so that means that the system is gone. then i tried reinstalling mac os x lion on it, but it won't read the dvd. every 10-15 seconds it ejects the disk. but it sounds like its trying to read it. how do i fix this?
Mac Mini Mid-2007
Mac mini 2018 or later
The 2007 Mac Mini originally came with a 10.4 Tiger Install Disc set.
To upgrade to Snow Leopard or Lion, you must use the Retail Upgrade DVD version(s).
(a disk set from a different or later Mac will not work)
If you have the Retail Upgrade DVD version(s), then the DVD/CD drive could be dirty or busted.
(first try cleaning the Mac Mini's DVD/CD drive with a dry cleaning disc)
(if that doesn't help, try an aftermarket external USB DVD/CD drive)
The 2007 Mac Mini originally came with a 10.4 Tiger Install Disc set.
To upgrade to Snow Leopard or Lion, you must use the Retail Upgrade DVD version(s).
(a disk set from a different or later Mac will not work)
If you have the Retail Upgrade DVD version(s), then the DVD/CD drive could be dirty or busted.
(first try cleaning the Mac Mini's DVD/CD drive with a dry cleaning disc)
(if that doesn't help, try an aftermarket external USB DVD/CD drive)
You need to be running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and then buy a copy Lion from Apple.
see > https://www.apple.com/shop/product/D6106Z/A/os-x-lion
To make a Lion installer on a FlashDrive, you need purchase or have previously purchased Lion from the App Store.
see > https://www.lifewire.com/create-bootable-flash-drive-os-x-lion-installer-2260350
but what do you mean? so for example, i burned the dmg file on to the disk, will that work?
Because I want to upgrade my system to OS X Lion From Snow Leopard.
I have a disk that i burned the dmg file. can i install it from that?
And i tried to use a usb installer for os x 10.7.2 and it says "This Version Of 10.7 "Lion" Cannot Be Installed On This Mac. Find Out More"
Mac Mini CD/DVD Drive
