At 1:11 PM -0500 12/3/2008, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: >G4 Quicksilver 733mHz Tower >896 MB RAM, 40 GB hard drive, OS 10.2.8 [snip] >I have to BUY an optical drive compatible with OS 10.2.8. > >Is this what you guys would do?
Put your QS in Target Disk Mode, connected to the iMac with a firewire cable. Run the OS X installer on the iMac, targetting the QS's drive. But really... a machine without a decent DVD burner these days, is a machine that's at risk - too much trouble to back it up, etc. OWC has some great drives and wonderful how-to-install guides. I think they're like $40. That's what I *DID*... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml 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/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
