I was encouraged by this statement, but I have my ibook booted on the installer disk for tiger right now connected to the iMac in target disk mode, but the installer doesn't see the iMac's hard drive. I guess I'll have to install the HD into my B&W and install from there if I want this to be installed tonight. Too bad, it would have been much easier this way. Brian
On Apr 2, 2009, at 8:11 AM, johnwd5 wrote: > > Idea #2 is easier and just as effective as #1, I'm pretty sure you can > run the updates via firewire upon completion/reboot. I think I did, > without intending to. > > I think I have a slot dvd drive spare here. PM me for details. > > John > > On Apr 1, 8:46 pm, Brian Rule <[email protected]> wrote: >> i just picked up a Snow iMac G3 for $30. Right now it's running >> Jaguar and I would like to upgrade it to Tiger. Of course this is a >> problem since the iMac only has a CD ROM in it. I may decide to >> upgrade the drive, but for now I''d be fine with just sticking with >> the CD drive in it now. So what's the best way I can go about >> upgrading? >> >> Ideas I've had so far: >> 1. take the hard drive out of the iMac, put it in my B&W which has a >> DVD drive install Tiger there, then reinstall in the iMac. >> >> 2. Try to boot in to firewire using my B&W or iBook and install like >> that. >> >> Any better ideas? >> TIA, >> Brian > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
