Can I install Tiger?

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not unlike myselfnot unlike myself
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I have a 9.2 laptop (not OS X able) but DOES have a DVD drive. Any where to share that drive over to my 10.3 system to install?



Alternatively how about from a DVD drive in a Windows XP machine? Can any form of sharing make this magic happen?



Creative solutions welcome. I can't afford the money to exchange my copy. (don't ask)

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  • Reply 1 of 8
    dobbydobby Posts: 797member
    You could just get a pop the dvd drive from the pc in the mac temporarily.



    Dobby.
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  • Reply 2 of 8
    not unlike myselfnot unlike myself Posts: 2,037member
    DVD Drive is some kind of 'mini' connection (on a Dell Optiplex GX280)
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  • Reply 3 of 8
    regreg Posts: 832member
    You can give this a try.

    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106657

    It says it supports some removable media.



    reg
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  • Reply 4 of 8
    not unlike myselfnot unlike myself Posts: 2,037member
    I can't do the 'target disk' trick since my laptop doesn't have firewire.



    I have another question.. does Tiger REQUIRE that you boot off the CDs to install it?
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  • Reply 5 of 8
    dobbydobby Posts: 797member
    Nope.

    You can burn a Tiger disk image then mount it.

    You need to do this from a different partition than the one you want to install to ie have to partitions or drives.



    Dobby.
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  • Reply 6 of 8
    not unlike myselfnot unlike myself Posts: 2,037member
    Bummed a DVD iMac and did a target disk install. Sweet.
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  • Reply 7 of 8
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    OK, hold on a second. You just installed Tiger on a laptop that doesn't have firewire? Heck, even my Pismo has firewire and that doesn't meet the min requirements. As far as I know, every computer since then had firewire built-in. (But I am a little rusty) What kind of laptop do you have?



    This sounds suspicious, yet intriguing. Maybe I can get Tiger on my Pismo after all.
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  • Reply 8 of 8
    not unlike myselfnot unlike myself Posts: 2,037member
    Sorry to confuse. The laptop had a DVD drive and I was trying to figure out how to use it's DVD drive to install on a different G4 system.
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