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Upgrading OS on Cube with no DVD drive
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: New York City
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My parents are running OS X 10.2.8 on their Cube, and I would love to upgrade them to Tiger, but of course their model doesn't have a DVD drive. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Liberty lover since birth. Mac devotee since 1986.
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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If you have another Mac and a firewire cable, just put the Cube in Target Disk Mode and install Tiger that way.
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Originally Posted by Philip J. Fry
If you have another Mac and a firewire cable, just put the Cube in Target Disk Mode and install Tiger that way.
Yep thats How I got Tiger on my cube. Started the cube in target disk mode. Installed tiger using my New Imac to what it saw as a external firewire drive. Boom! upgraded cube 
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/
See the "media exchange program" at the right-hand side.
You send them the Tiger DVD, $20, and the proof-of-purchase update coupon, and they send you Tiger on four CDs.
Simple.
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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As another option checkout Cubeowner.com they have specials to purchase DVD drives through OWC. Adding a DVD will certainly add to the longevity of your cube.
Mike
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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Originally Posted by Philip J. Fry
If you have another Mac and a firewire cable, just put the Cube in Target Disk Mode and install Tiger that way.
Actually, I found I had to do it the other way-- I put the Tiger DVD in my Powerbook, then booted it in Target Disk mode, while attached to my QS tower. The DVD showed up on the desktop of the tower, and I was able to run the installer.
The other option is to pull the drive and put it in a tower that has a DVD drive, run the install, then return it to the Cube. I upgraded an iMac G3 this way.
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