Thanks for the excellent suggestions, Kris. Unfortunately, it appears I'm too dim to enact any of them.
Lacking even an iPod or flash drive, what I tried was to transfer the files via my external FireWire backup hard drive. The problem I had was that I can't figure out how to use Pacifist to transfer a package in installable form, as a package. The only choices it seemingly gives me are 1) to install the program in the same machine that has the CD/ DVD drive, or 2) to extract the files into a set of folders that are collected in one folder, but don't work as an installable program. Pacifist also seems unable to separate a single .mpkg, only to extract or install it. Absurd as it sounds, the only option I could figure was to copy the ENTIRE install DVDs into my backup drive as disk images, in the hope that the receiving machine's Pacifist could install them. I spent all the time to copy them, then for the recipient Smurf to read them, only to find that Pacifist wouldn't install them on the recipient machine -- it would only deposit them as an extracted set of folders. Which is useless. I think I'm screwed. Or more accurately, my son is. Sigh. On Jun 28, 2:00 pm, Kris Tilford <[email protected]> wrote: > > As I said, surely you can improvise a solution here. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
