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mattyd · Oct 24, 2003, 03:36 PM

the internal cd/dvd drive on my Ti400 is on the fritz. i assumed i'd be able to install panther from my external firewire cd-r/w drive. is this not possible?

i can select it as the start-up disk from system preferences, but i get a "?" at start up and then it defaults back to 10.2.8 on my internal hard drive. if i hold down option while booting, it won't show up as a boot volume.

i'll be really bummed if i have to get a new drive just to install panther. i though firewire drives were bootable. any help would be immensely appreciated.

thanks, matt

romeosc · Oct 24, 2003, 03:46 PM

Originally posted by mattyd:
the internal cd/dvd drive on my Ti400 is on the fritz. i assumed i'd be able to install panther from my external firewire cd-r/w drive. is this not possible?

i can select it as the start-up disk from system preferences, but i get a "?" at start up and then it defaults back to 10.2.8 on my internal hard drive. if i hold down option while booting, it won't show up as a boot volume.

i'll be really bummed if i have to get a new drive just to install panther. i though firewire drives were bootable. any help would be immensely appreciated.

thanks, matt

I don't know, but I installed by firewire target mode from Powerbook to another, so you can probably do it or borrow another PB.

mattyd · Oct 24, 2003, 04:14 PM

i thought about the target disk thing, but don't have another mac on hand.

i feel like this cool black box and these install cds are mocking me for being enough of a geek for this to get me upset, but not enough of a geek to know the solution!

can anyone help?

i thought about making disk images, copying them to my iPod, then booting and installing from it. anyone know if this would work.

i'm going to go for a walk and get some lunch. remind myself that there's a big beautiful world of there and its a gorgeous day here.

romeosc · Oct 24, 2003, 04:22 PM

Disk Images won't work ...."must install from original CD"

bradoesch · Oct 24, 2003, 04:38 PM

The only way I can install from the external CD-RW drive is to run the Installer and click restart. Anyway of the ways you mentioned won't work for me either. I can't boot from OS 9 CDs with the drive either. I didn't think it was bootable until I found this out.

mattyd · Oct 24, 2003, 06:45 PM

no go. the first thing i tried was running the installer and clicking restart.

damn. i guess i've waited this long. i'll have to wait a few more days to get my drive replaced.