Q: installing snow leopard by target disk firewire
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Dec 5, 2014 2:06 PMby Kappy,HelpfulWhat are you booting your iMac from? Did you boot the other computer into TDM first? Your iMac requires a special version of Snow Leopard - 10.6.6 - that is only on the original discs that came with the computer when it was new.
See Target Disk Mode.
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Dec 7, 2014 2:04 AMby maccman23,thanks for reply. i have a macbook pro early 2010 and imac 2011 both running snow leopard. i'd seen a friend running FCP 7 on mountain lion so upgraded MBP to ML. initially it looked ok but when it crashed a couple of times, i booted into safe mode and it appeared there was a problem with the graphics card. so i decided to reintsall SL on MBP. i have the original applications disc but not the install disc. i have borrowed a retail install disc and i used my imac to install SL back on to MBP using Target disc mode. i can boot into recovery mode and disk utility and tried to repair disk permissions and repair disc and it reports everything ok but it just won't boot up.i have selected the startup disc as the install DVD but it won't boot. clearly the install hasn't completed because i never get the option to boot the Macintosh HD. it has one partition and i have seen some people say to partition the drive into two, one small but I'm running out of ideas now and have edits waiting. I can buy an install disc from apple but is that a generic one or can i order my specific disc?
appreciate the help
Dave
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Dec 7, 2014 10:01 AMby Kappy,Can your iMac even startup from a Snow Leopard disc? In order to install Snow Leopard on your MBP you need to boot the iMac from the Snow Leopard installer DVD. The MBP is then started in TDM. Then follow this:
1. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue
button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
After DU loads select the hard drive entry from the left side list (mfgr.'s ID and drive
size.) Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window. Set the number of
partitions to one (1) from the Partitions drop down menu, click on Options button
and select GUID, click on OK, then set the format type to MacOS Extended
(Journaled, if supported), then click on the Apply button.
2. When the formatting has completed quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed
with the OS X installation and follow the directions included with the installer.
3. When the installation has completed your computer will Restart into the Setup
Assistant. After you finish Setup Assistant will complete the installation after which
you will be running a fresh install of OS X. You can now begin the update process
by opening Software Update and installing all recommended updates to bring your
installation current.
When the installation is completed the MBP should restart into the Setup Assistant of Snow Leopard.
I should warn you that the above may not work because if your iMac came with Snow Leopard, then it came with a version that was exclusive to that model meaning it may not work on the MBP, and that may be why you couldn't boot it.
You can order replacement discs for the MBP from Apple:
Apple Store Customer Service at 1-800-676-2775 or visit online Help for more information.
To contact product and tech support: Contacting Apple for support and service - this includes
international calling numbers..
