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Install Tiger via iPod?
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Join Date: Sep 2001
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I have a Tiger compatible Mac but no DVD drive. I have a friend who has an iBook with a DVD drive.
Question is, can I copy the Tiger DVD to my iPod on her computer and then install it on mine?
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Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Burlington, VT, USA
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i wonder if you could format your ipod and image the disk to it.. real long shot, and I haven't tried or researched it yet. but now I'm curious.
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You can make in image of the DVD with Disk Utility on your friend's machine.
You can use Disk Utility's "Restore" feature to restore the image to the iPod (you'll want to have the iPod blank for this; you'll need to possibly restore the iPod using iPod Software Updater and resync your music library when done).
You can then boot off the iPod on your computer and install Mac OS X.
This works with any bootable Mac OS X install image, and any available partition/FireWire device/etc., but the image MUST be "Restored" to the volume with Disk Utility; the contents cannot simply be copied over.
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Or you could just boot your machine into target disk mode (hold T at startup) and connect it to your friend's iBook over firewire and install from the iBook onto your machine.
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Originally Posted by Thinine
Or you could just boot your machine into target disk mode (hold T at startup) and connect it to your friend's iBook over firewire and install from the iBook onto your machine.
Sounds good. If I do this, do I run the Tiger Installer from her computer and then select mine as the upgrade computer?
Thanks
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Yes, select your HD as the destination, for upgrade, archive and install, or a clean install.
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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Originally Posted by Thinine
Or you could just boot your machine into target disk mode (hold T at startup) and connect it to your friend's iBook over firewire and install from the iBook onto your machine.
With a Powerbok in Target Disk mode, you can boot another machine off of the DVD drive in the Powerbook? I hadn't thought of this before. I've got one machine with a CD-RW only in it. This sounds like a much better solution than paying an extra &10.00 for install CDs.
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Senior User
Join Date: Jan 2000
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but not nearly as badass as imaging it onto the ipod. Come on dude, you know you want to.
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Just wait a little while longer ...
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