[ydl-gen] YDL on Firewire?

[Eric Dunbar]

On 28/09/06, Mark Jaffe <markie at ydl.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My poor Pismo has lost its CD/DVD drive, and therefor I will not be able to
> install the forthcoming YDL 5.0. Will this distribution install to an
> external Firewire drive, which I can use to boot from? I could install from
> another machine which has a working optical drive, and then use it on the
> laptop as well. That is, if the support is there!
>
> Mark

1. Connect your Pismo to another FireWire-capable Mac
2. Boot the Pismo in FireWire 'target disk mode' (hold down t at boot/restart)
3. Install the OS onto the Pismo which is now connected to the host
computer as a FireWire drive