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April 13th, 2005, 10:29 AM
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| Installing Tiger? I don't have a dvd drive in my G4 iBook, but my friend has a firewire–or usb, I forget–dvd drive. Can I install it using that? I'm guessing not, but its worth asking.
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April 13th, 2005, 11:42 AM
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| Are you SURE you don't even have a Combo drive? I though there are _no_ G4 iBooks with CD-ROM or CD-RW only...
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April 13th, 2005, 12:16 PM
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| I can't say anything to whether you have a DVD drive or not, but regardless, it is my understanding that you will, in fact, be able to install from the external. I seem to recall seeing several other threads around here asking that about other computers, and the answer was it should work. Assuming, that is, you can boot from said external...
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April 13th, 2005, 11:36 PM
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| actually, there is a line of G4 iBooks that are extremely striped down (CD-Rom, no airport, 10GB hard drive) that are used in the special ed programs at my school |
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