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Jul 27, 2015 12:35 PM in response to Michael Georgiadesby MacCubed,★HelpfulYou can install Leopard using a USB. First, you have to create a .DMG of the DVD on the MacBook Pro (Disk Utility>Click on the DVD>Click "New Image" and save it as what ever you want. Keep disk utility open and plug in a USB that is greater than 8 GB in capacity, click on the USB in the side bar and go to the partition tab, create a partition and go to the "Options", make sure you choose Apple Partition Map and then proceed to partition. Then go to the restore tab choose the .DMG that you created as the source, and chose the USB as the destination, click restore. Once this is finished, eject the USB and plug it into the PowerBook. Turn the PowerBook on and hold Command+Option+O+F this will take you into open firmware then type "boot ud:,\\:tbxi", then it should start to boot into the Leopard installer
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Jul 27, 2015 1:19 PM in response to MacCubedby Michael Georgiades,Thanks for a prompt answer.it,s pretty late In Athens , I will give it a try tomorrow, and will let you know
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Jul 28, 2015 6:48 AM in response to MacCubedby Michael Georgiades,NO luck ,I get the no go sign. can I use an external firewire drive?
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Jul 29, 2015 8:51 PM in response to Michael Georgiadesby K Shaffer,Yes, a FireWire optical drive similar in useful purpose as the built-in combo or superdrive that
can read DVD and CD media, data and other content should be capable of using the system
install-restore disc as a boot disk so the installer on it can prepare the computer hard drive for
use with the OS X on the retail or the original grey-label software disc.
However not all FireWire external optical drives are guaranteed to perform this task, some
time has gone by since these were in vogue, so you may have to find & try other models if
the ones available don't work as expected. Also the reading lens in the optical drive may be
dusty or dirty, so a disc cleaner may be needed.
Hopefully you can restore usefulness to the older computer.
Good luck & happy computing!
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Jul 31, 2015 12:59 AM in response to MacCubedby Michael Georgiades,Finally I managed to boot from the dmg I had created on a 16G USB stick as suggested and holding the option key down
as to choose the stick as startup ,note it takes quite long to "see" it .So other users be patient. Thanks again!