On Jun 10, 2012, at 8:28 PM, TFH wrote: > I'm rehabbing this 2004 model (Dual G5 1.8, 2GB ram, 250GB HD) which > does not have a dual layer dvd drive. I've installed Tiger 4.11, and > it is stable and fast. I've tried putting the Leopard dvd onto my > external HD in it's own partition, (had outside help with this) but it > won't install. I've made a disk image from this drive, and that gets > me to "Restart" in the Leopard installer, but it won't boot- just blue > screen. Selecting the HD partition as the boot drive via firewire > results in the cooling fans redlining! Do I really have to get an > external dual-layer dvd drive, and would this even work? > Thank you. >
I do this by making a boot image from an install DVD using the restore function in disk utility. You need a partition and when you start up use the option key to select the start up volume. It will boot as it was a DVD. John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA MacBook Pro i7 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
