resol Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Hi there, I'm absolutely new to Mac OS. I would like to install Jas 10.4.8 Image on my Thinkpad x40. The problem is, that my laptop has no dvd-drive. Is there a way to install it without buying one with a usb connector? I have cd-drive to connect by usb. There also is a Linux PC with a DVD-Drive. I thougt of copying the files out of the .iso on a formated usb-hdd. But I cant't find any information on google what to write down to the mbr. Is it possible or does anyone have another idea? Or maybe there is a kind of boot cd, so I could connect to the DVD-Drive of my Linux-box over the network... I'm very looking forward to get any suggestions... Thanks a lot, resol. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41328-no-dvd-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeMeR Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Do it the way he did it here: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=41327 BeeMeR Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41328-no-dvd-drive/#findComment-295586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
resol Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 Hey BeeMeR, thanks for your quick reply! Unfortunately I don't have an Image of MacOS to copy. I would like to use the newest build 10.4.8 with Jas installation DVD. So the problem is that I cant just copy an already existing partition image because I dont have one. But I read by searching with google, that there must be a way by using the dd command to copy the extracted .iso to a usb-hdd and boot with it. But I dont exactly know how to do it. Many thanks, resol. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41328-no-dvd-drive/#findComment-295777 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeMeR Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 click here: hxxp://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/964/install_osx_tiger_on_intel_usb_drives_windows BeeMeR Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41328-no-dvd-drive/#findComment-295802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
resol Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 Thanks for replying again! The Problem is that there isn't a complete patition image like tiger-x86-flat.img for the 10.4.8 Version. I only have the .iso file to burn a dvd with. So the site you mentioned cant solve my problem. resol. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41328-no-dvd-drive/#findComment-296422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 You can use the Installation DVD image with VMware, look at hte guides on the Tutorial Forum. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41328-no-dvd-drive/#findComment-296502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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