Installing Tiger if you have no DVD drive

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tdemarco

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I discovered a gem of advice in an earlier thread by Caspitas entitled Problems installing Tiger. I've reproduced it below under this different title, because I think it might save many people from going through the media exchange two-step that Apple offers for anyone without a DVD drive. Here is a way you can install Tiger on a DVD-less Mac:

i asked a friend for his powerbook...
1- i connected mine to his with a firewire cable (pressing the T key while booting mine)...
2- i installed tiger from his notebook to my HD...
3- after the succesfull installation, his comp restarted and booted from my HD...
4- i quit the "user account registration" (or something like that), and shut down his computer
5- i opened the "restart utility?" (sorry, dont remember the name) booting from tiger cd (on his PoweBook)... and selected to boot from his HD (not mine this time...)
6- i ejected my HD from his computer
7- shut down mine
8- i booted from my computer, complete the registration problem, and everything is working pretty well so far

Thank you Caspitas. I did exactly as you suggested and it worked perfectly.
 
The only thing that _could_ be strange here is that you effectively get a PowerBook system.
 
Dear Fryke,

I think you're right that I may get a PowerBook system. If so, what does that mean? Is there any way I can tell?

t.
 
Well... I'm not sure. It could be that some apps/settings are installed that you don't need (no harm done), but it could also be that you get binaries that are optimised for different hardware. I've no idea really, I just see it as one item one should keep in mind...

Btw.: There's no need to recreate info that's _already_ on the forum. Your thread is going to be old one day, too, and still available via search. But this trick has been mentioned at least five times since Tiger's been out. ;)
 
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