Tiger installation & computer switch?

[gettica]

My computer's hard drive died and corporate says it may take a few months(!) to replace (we're on a bit of a budget). I'm temporarily using another computer and I needed to upgrade the software on it. Much to my "delight" I found that I needed to also upgrade the OS from 10.2.8 to Tiger.

According to almost every other EULA that I know of, it is possible to uninstall software from one computer and install it on another machine and register it with the same license.

I ask:
1) Is this also true of Tiger?
2) If true, how do I best go about installing Tiger if I KNOW I will be uninstalling it later?
3) Additionally, how the heck does one uninstall an OS on Macs?
Thank you!

 

[barhar]

'1) Is this also true of Tiger?' - yes.

'2) If true, how do I best go about installing Tiger if I KNOW I will be uninstalling it later?' - insert the 'Tiger Install DVD', double click on 'Install Mac OS X'. When the Mac reboots to the 'Tiger Install DVD' follow the installation instructions.

'3) Additionally, how the heck does one uninstall an OS on Macs?' - insert the 'Tiger Install DVD' and double click on 'Install Mac OS X'. When the Mac reboots to the 'Tiger Install DVD', select the 'Installer, Open Disk Utility' menu item. Locate and click on the hard disk drive, to delete, in the left side list. Click on the 'Erase' tab, and then click on the 'Erase' button.
As an option (before clicking on the 'Erase' button), you can click on the 'Security Options...' button and choose, or not, to 'zero out', or perform a 7 or 35 pass erase.

 

[fryke]

1.) It depends on whether the license is one for _one_ computer (i.e. it came with the computer) or it's a retail version. The retail version can be installed on _any_ Mac older than the operating system and is valid for one computer at a time.

2.) Backup the entire harddrive before updating to Tiger.

3.) You can't. Well: You back up the data, then you erase the harddrive and re-install the older version and bring back the data from the backup.