The Snow Leopard installation guide indicates that one need simply to network the machines, even wirelessly, provided the one with the optical drive has 10.5 or later. So why wouldn't the dvd drive sharing work if they were conected via ethernet?
On Thursday, August 15, 2013 9:23:57 PM UTC-5, a1 wrote: > > I need to upgrade a macbook pro to 10.6, but the internal dvd won't > work. My G5 has a working dvd drive, but, of course, the 10.6 drive > won't run any intel installer for me. > > I am under the impression that it is possible to network the G5 and > the MBP such that they can share the G5's dvd drive, and yet load the > 10.6 installer---as if the G5 was an external dvd. So, very simply, > how do I do this, step by step? I only have an ethernet cable and a > USB cable. > -- -- 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
