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videotape74

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Sep 20, 2016
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I am running High Sierra on my "unsupported" MacBook Pro mid-2009 5,4.

I am trying to go back to El Capitain and have created a USB installer but after it gets through the initial install and reboots to continue the install, I keep getting this error... "no packages were eligible for install...". Does anyone have/know a fix for this? Thanks very much for any/all help!
 

avz

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Oct 7, 2018
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Stalingrad, Russia
I am running High Sierra on my "unsupported" MacBook Pro mid-2009 5,4.

I am trying to go back to El Capitain and have created a USB installer but after it gets through the initial install and reboots to continue the install, I keep getting this error... "no packages were eligible for install...". Does anyone have/know a fix for this? Thanks very much for any/all help!

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