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Fresh Leopard Install on PowerBook
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Join Date: Apr 2008
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Hello All
I want to wipe my PowerBook G4 drive clean, install a fresh copy of Leopard, and Logic Pro, to keep it as clean, streamlined and unencumbered as possible.
Do I just boot it in target mode, hook it up via FW to my G5, and wipe it clean with Disk Utility and then install Leopard running the installer in the G5's CD-ROM drive?
Just checking, thanks for any suggestions
Bill
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Just pop the install disc into the drive, and after you get beyond the EULA, select the option that has reformat. (I forget the exact wording).
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Shoulda known it would be that easy.... thank you!
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Join Date: Apr 2003
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Same topic, different hardware: is there anyway to use another Mac's CD/DVD drive to do a fresh install on a G4 ibook which has a drive that only reads CD sometimes, and no DVD's?
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Yes. Boot the other Mac in Target Disk mode and connect the two via Firewire. The optical drive on the TD machine will appear as a Firewire drive on the other machine.
I did this when installing Tiger on an old G3 iMac DV with a CD-ROM drive. I used my MacBook as the target drive, even though it was being read from the MacBook to the iMac.
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Join Date: Apr 2003
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Originally Posted by frdmfghtr 
Yes. Boot the other Mac in Target Disk mode and connect the two via Firewire. The optical drive on the TD machine will appear as a Firewire drive on the other machine.
I did this when installing Tiger on an old G3 iMac DV with a CD-ROM drive. I used my MacBook as the target drive, even though it was being read from the MacBook to the iMac.
Many thanks for the tip! 
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Originally Posted by frdmfghtr
Yes. Boot the other Mac in Target Disk mode and connect the two via Firewire. The optical drive on the TD machine will appear as a Firewire drive on the other machine.
I did this when installing Tiger on an old G3 iMac DV with a CD-ROM drive. I used my MacBook as the target drive, even though it was being read from the MacBook to the iMac.
The iMac DV has a DVD-ROM drive (along with Firewire and a 400MHz clock, it's what distinguished it from the regular iMac)
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