Dan wrote: > 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.
I don't know if this will work or not but it's better to do the installation on the target machine (G4) and use the iMac as the DVD drive under Target Disk Mode. Another poster already listed the procedure. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
