I have a Leopard DL disk & bought an external CD drive, but I read that I can't install through USB?

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I have a Leopard DL disk & bought an external CD drive, but I read that I can't install through USB?

I also have a Leopard DL disk and having the same problem with my eMac. I bought an external CD drive, but I read that I can't install through USB. Why is that? Would a USB A female to FireWire IEEE 1394 6P converter work? Or do I have to buy another CD drive with a FireWire? Please help.

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Can you also please explain how to boot from an external drive? (CD drive and storage device). Is there even a way to save the disks content to an external memory device and install it from there?

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Posted on May 2, 2014 1:23 PM

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BDAqua

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May 2, 2014 6:41 PM in response to Edz2

Hi,

Very few PPC Macs can boot from USB, most require Firewire... BUT, all 3 of my eMacs can & do boot from USB, try holding the alt or option key at bootup.

A USB<->FW converter will not work.

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