Yes my mini is a G4. The reason I cant' do a direct install is that I believe my install disc are dvd rom and my ibook only has a cd drive. This does bring another question to mind. I am going to use the OS discs from my mini, can I do that or are those discs machine specific?
--- On Thu, 3/12/09, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Question about ibook > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 11:43 AM > On 3/12/09, Michael Shanks <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> Tonight I plan on trying to install OSX 10.4 in > >> target disc mode using my mac mini. If I am able > to do this, do you > >> guys > >> know if it will be able to handle an install of > Word 04 and ilife > >> 08. If > >> possible maybe only part of ilife 08 such as > garageband and iphoto. > > > If your Mini is an Intel based one, I'm pretty sure > this will *not* > work. If yours is a first gen mini with the G4 processor, > it will work. > > Why can't you just do the install directly? > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
