Thanks, JL. The problem is I don't have a DVD drive, period... [life in the dark ages... :-)]. I as eyeing the sony DVD player in the other room that is attached to the TV. Hmmm...??? Nah... !!!
-Joseph ============================================================================ On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 16:45 -0400, Jurvis LaSalle wrote: > On Jul 20, 2005, at 3:14 PM, Joseph E. Sacco, PhD wrote: > > > > - update the OS to 10.4 and hope that the update process magically > > "fixes" things: > > * deem highly unlikely > > * MAC does not have a DVD drive. > > DVD is the only media format shipped by Apple. > > If you want OSX 10.4 on CD's, you need to send Apple $10, *and* > > the purchased OS X 10.4 DVD, and a proof of purchase coupon. > > [Apple is not very trusting, eh???] > > > > Don't know if this an option for you, but it worked for me. You can > boot a Mac with a DVD drive into Target disk mode and use the internal > DVD drive to install onto the DVD drive-less Mac by holding down option > at boot. My PB has been invaluable as a $2000US FW hard drive and > dvd/cd drive. Now if only there were a target display mode and target > USB keyboard/mouse mode, it would really be an invaluable tool in the > field (not that it hasn't saved my ass repeatedly). > > hth, > JL > > > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' -- joseph_sacco [at] comcast [dot] net _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
