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need help connecting two macbooks via ethernet
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im at home trying to get my snow leopard disc to install on my macbook. my optical drive is busted so i was trying to use my brothers macbook pro to mount the image and then boot my machine to it.
i only have an ethernet cable. can anyone help us? thanks in advance.
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on your brother's MBP, turn on dvd/cd sharing.
with them both connected via ethernet, they should form a self-contained network and you should be able to see it and perhaps install that way.
Do you not have an external drive or usb flash drive (~ 8 GB) available? Both of those are suitable to copy the DVD to then boot your MBP from for an OS X install.
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DVD sharing won't work for installs unless the target is a MBA.
If you don't have any external drives, make an image of the install DVD. Then copy the image over to your MacBook. Use Disk Utility to create a new ~8GB partition and clone the image over to this partition. You can now boot from this partition and install SL. When you're done, delete the partition.
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Are you sure, Art? I thought they brought the capability to OS X generally after the introduction of the MBA.
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Originally Posted by Art Vandelay 
DVD sharing won't work for installs unless the target is a MBA.
I used DVD sharing last week between my antique Powerbook G4 and my new MacPro - no dramas at all.
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Did you use it to install the OS? You can share discs but you can't boot another computer unless it's a MBA.
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Originally Posted by Art Vandelay
Did you use it to install the OS? You can share discs but you can't boot another computer unless it's a MBA.
I installed software, but did not try to install an OS as yet, I will give it a try later for fun 
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i think what art said is correct. andy if you get it to work, let us know. gl.
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I hope you're not waiting on Andy8 before you try installing yourself. I gave you an alternative that doesn't rely on DVD sharing.
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Originally Posted by Art Vandelay
I hope you're not waiting on Andy8 before you try installing yourself. I gave you an alternative that doesn't rely on DVD sharing.
Exactly - It could be a few days or even a week before I am messing with this.
Take Art's advice 
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