When bad things happen to good Mac's [OT]

[Joseph E. Sacco, PhD]

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

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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
>   
> 
> 
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