Harry, MANY thanks Harry, had it backwards, seems I am so good at that. I appreciate your help and glad you were up to share your knowledge.
Have a wonderful Monday, be safe. John R. On Sep 5, 2005, at 12:18 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > Use the non dvd player as the target disk. > > Connect the two computers with a firewire cable. shut down the non dvd > computer. Restart it holding the T key down. When it boots in target > disc mode load the Tiger disk in to your dvd drive and start it. > Install > tiger on your non dvd machine. > > Harry > > Monday, September 5, 200512:11 AMProfileprofile at aye.net > >> Sorry to bother with such a mundane question, wouldn't you think I >> would know this....but. >> >> I am trying to install Tiger on a computer that does not have a DVD >> disk, so I placed the computer next to one of my computers that has a >> DVD drive, hooked the two together with a firewire, started the DVD >> computer with the "T" key held down, and sure enough the disk appears >> on the computer that I want to do the installation. >> >> By double clicking the install icon I get a screen that tells me to >> restart that computer and installation will begin. When I restart it >> always comes back to the O.S. that is on the hard drive rather than >> the disk that is on the target computer. >> >> I have tried holding down the "C" key, that doesn't work, I tried >> holding down the "T" key on the second machine, that doesn't work. >> >> So, how do I get the older machine to boot from the Target computer >> so I can begin the installation. >> >> Thanks, possibly others will learn from this as well. >> >> John R. >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be September 27 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >> | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be September 27 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 27 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
