DesiMaster Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 my situation is as follows: I have an ibook g4 that does not have a dvd drive and I'm trying to install retail Leopard onto it using an image I have. The following options are unavailable to me: external firewire anything another mac to create a netboot server or target disk mode (although it is possible for me to create a hackintosh with MANY hours of work-this is not preferred) A large internal hard drive to partition and use as the install location ( I CAN do this but, if I do this, I will have 2 partitions on the drive, one being 20gb and other 10gb - the drive is only 30 gb and it is a pain to have to use 2 separate partitions on such a small drive- also not preferred) Possibility(unsure) : Is there any way for me to insert the dvd into a windows computer and mount the drive onto my mac at boot? Also, is there any feasible way to create a netboot server on windows? What are all the possible ways for me to install leopard without an internal DVD drive that is available to me? Thanks to anyone who would like to respond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDRacer48 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I would have to say your best bet and easiest bet would be to use (borrow, buy) an external USB or FireWire DVD drive. Also, if you have a 6GB+ flash drive, you could put the Leopard image on that, mount that image in Tiger, then click reboot and install (or w/e option it is) and your iBook should boot from the USB drive like it would a DVD drive. Otherwise, IDK. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesiMaster Posted May 14, 2008 Author Share Posted May 14, 2008 Thank you for the quick reply, but I must remind you, PowerPC Macs don't have the capability to boot from USB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDRacer48 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Thank you for the quick reply, but I must remind you, PowerPC Macs don't have the capability to boot from USB. Did not know that. Thanks for the heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliencal Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Maybe you can get access to a firewire DVD drive, or use some soft like iPartition to merge the 2 partitions that you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesiMaster Posted July 12, 2008 Author Share Posted July 12, 2008 I'll try to use iPartition to merger the two partitions.... that seems like the best choice, thanks for the good idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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