Installing OS X Tiger Via Target Firewire

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Installing OS X Tiger Via Target Firewire

The combo drive in my iBook has died and i want to install tiger on it. If i boot it into target disk mode plugged into my c2d imac then boot my iMac from the OS X tiger disks, do i just select the iBooks hdd when installing?

If so, how does it know its a seperate computer and install all of the correct drivers etc..

Thanks.

iBook G3 600Mhz, Mac OS X (10.2.x)

Posted on Jul 19, 2008 12:11 PM

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Answer 1

Jul 19, 2008 2:41 PM in response to Sheila Thomson

Scrap that first question. Heres a new one.

If i connect the two macs, boot the c2d in target mode then put the disc in it, can i then boot the iBook holding alt to get to the boot menu and find the install disk in there with the iMac acting like an external dvd drive?

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Answer 2

Niel

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Jul 19, 2008 2:43 PM in response to Sheila Thomson

1. You cannot start up an Intel Mac from any retail Mac OS X 10.4 disk other than the Mac OS X 10.4 Server Universal Binary, and that package won't run on a G3; the disks which came with the iMac won't either.

2. Not unless the optical drive is the master ATA drive on ATA bus 0.

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Answer 3

Jul 19, 2008 2:47 PM in response to Sheila Thomson

You can't use a Tiger version made for an Intel iMac with a Mac that has a PowerPC processor (as your iBook has). I think maybe that's what you have in mind. You need a retail Tiger disc for the iBook, which is not compatible with the Intel iMac, as Niel has said.

If you boot the iMac as the Target disk, I believe only the iMac's hard drive will show up (not its optical drive).

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Answer 4

TBID

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Jul 19, 2008 5:09 PM in response to Sheila Thomson

Not sure where all the worries about 'Intel' came from...but the answer to your question is YES- you can easily install Tiger onto your iBook as a target disk. I've done it many times. Just connect your two macs with a firewire cable, boot them up with the iBook as Target. Put the Install CD in the active iMac, follow the directions and install it on the HD of the iBook when the choice presents itself.

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Answer 5

Jul 19, 2008 9:58 PM in response to TBID

Sheila has a "c2d" (Intel Core2 Duo) iMac.

You can't use the retail Tiger DVD with an Intel-based Mac.

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