Tray Loaders can only boot from the hard drive and the CD drive. That's why i didn't suggest it. Anyway, just pull the drive and put it in a PowerPC computer that can boot from DVD and go from there. (If you do intel, it will either A)not boot the DVD or B) install an intel-specific version of OSX) On Nov 12, 2009, at 4:05 PM, Clark Martin wrote:
> Gary Fortman wrote: >> Do you have a way to install Tiger without the CDs? > > Pull the HD and attach it to a Mac that can run Tiger and has a DVD > drive and do the install there. > > Another possibility is to use a USB DVD drive but that is iffy. Only > some Macs can boot from USB. I've had a slot loading iMac boot OS 9 > from USB but not OS X. I don't know about a tray loader though. > >> >> >> >> On Nov 12, 2009, at 4:28 PM, Kasey Smith wrote: >> >> Yes, but it requires Tiger CDs, which are kind of rare. It will work >> though if you can get your hands on a set >> On Nov 12, 2009, at 10:19 AM, Elliott Price wrote: >> >>> Xpost facto is another option; if you don't want to pull the HD. >>> It'll install 10.4 on unsupported machines. >>> >>> >>> -Elliott Price >>> Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara >>> Graphic Design - Artwork Setup >>> Websites - Low Cost Custom Websites >>> >>> On Nov 11, 2009, at 2:31 PM, Kasey Smith wrote: >>> >>>> I just installed Tiger on my Blueberry iMac by pulling its hard >>>> drive, putting it in my PowerMac, installing Tiger, and then >>>> putting >>>> the hard drive back in. You might want to know that Dashboard is >>>> slow >>>> on these, but still useable. >>>> On Nov 11, 2009, at 11:34 AM, ./aal wrote: > > > > And please people, trim your quotes. There were four copies of the > footer here. > > -- > 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 a member of the iMac > Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and 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] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
