The needed path is still visible in Terminal, and one can use open in Terminal to reveal folders in the Finder. What has changed is that the folder structure is now hidden to the Finder. Reports that this is no longer possible with Leopard are in error. On OS X install disks, it has always been the case (and remains the case with Leopard) that the top-level Install Mac OS X icon wants to reboot, but buried in the disk is a file named OSInstall.mpkg that can install OS X to a different volume without rebooting. I keep many external bootable drives, so the fire never goes out, so to speak. Any further installs are from copies of this disk image I put the original DVD away never to touch it again. ![]() After installing any Mac OS once from DVD, I always use Disk Utility to save the installer DVD as a disk image. There is no need either to use the DVD again, or to reboot, to install Leopard to a different volume. The file OSInstall.mpkg is the key to Leopard installs from a disk image.
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