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Powerbook Install From Mac Mini Install Discs?
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I have a Powerbook I purchased new from the Apple store 3-4 years ago that is in need of a fresh install of OS X. I found my Powerbook install disc w/ 10.2, but was hoping to stick to 10.4. Unfortunately, I can not find the install discs for 10.4 -- I do have a legal copy somewhere...just not sure where at the moment. So is it possible to somehow install 10.4 off of my newer Mac Mini install disc?
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Just my $.02 :-)
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It could work, as long as you're not talking about a Mactel mini, but it may also refuse to run.
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Yeah, it's refusing to run. If I start from the Mac Mini CD, it will load but then present an error to the effect of not being able to install the software to my Powerbook. I know it's not an issue of 10.4 -- 10.4 is currently installed, since I upgraded when I purchased my copy a while back. There must be something in the installer preventing things from installing smoothly. So is there a work around?
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Just my $.02 :-)
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you could start the powerbook in target disk mode and install to it using the mini to boot the OS X install DVD
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Apple has keyed the disks so that you cannot use a different model's install disk, basically they're attempting to thwart piracy, that is people not wanting to buy 10.4 since they have an install disk from another computer.
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Wouldn't 10.4 be included in the price of the machine? In which case I technically own a legal copy and should be able to do w/ it as I please? I don't know that I agree that it's piracy, but I guess that won't help me much know.
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Just my $.02 :-)
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You could put your powerbook into FW target disk mode and clone your mini's boot drive to there.
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You need to buy another copy of Tiger.
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Originally Posted by milf 
Wouldn't 10.4 be included in the price of the machine? In which case I technically own a legal copy and should be able to do w/ it as I please? I don't know that I agree that it's piracy, but I guess that won't help me much know.
Huh? You have a Powerbook that came with 10.2 that price was included in the purchase price of laptop and not 10.4. You (we all) don't have the right to install a newer version of OSX onto a machine w/o paying for the license.
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Originally Posted by mac128k-1984
Huh? You have a Powerbook that came with 10.2 that price was included in the purchase price of laptop and not 10.4. You (we all) don't have the right to install a newer version of OSX onto a machine w/o paying for the license.
I wasn't referring to 10.2 and the Powerbook. But when I purchased my Mac Mini w/ 10.4, I purchased a licensed copy. So shouldn't I be able to take that copy and install it on my Powerbook? It doesn't matter at this point.
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Just my $.02 :-)
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Not if you're still using it on the mini. There probably is something in the EULA that prohibits you from using a license obtained from buying a Mac and transferring it to another Mac, hence the hardware locking on the CDs/DVDs now.
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If you've legally bought a copy, there's no reason you couldn't download Tiger over BitTorrent and burn it to a DVD or two.
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