Installing Snow Lepard on Mac Book Air using Mac Book Pro

Hello;
I have installed SL on my Mac Book Pro using a Family pack (with which I succesfully ugraded our third home Mac...); The issue I have is installing it on Mac Book Air; the remote DVD/CD reader link works fine (I can read the instructions on the CD on the Mac Air), but when I double click on the Install icon, nothing happens....
Help!

Hi Marc,
You can update the OS while booted to it. If you're running the installer from a disc image or mounted volume on your Desktop that's not going to work. When you go to use Remote Disc, did you enable it on your MacBook Pro and make sure both machines were connected to the same network?
It's a pretty straight forward process, where are you getting hung up on the Remote Installer?

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