Can I use remote Drive sharing from my MBP to install OS X 10.6 on a White macbook

Hey all,
I have a 1st gen MBP 15" running OS X 10.6.8, and a White Macbook, The macbook's Drive s dead and its way out of warrenty, it as all the specks needed for snow leopard I just need to know if I can use the MBP disk drive remotly to install snow leopard?
Any answers or help would be much apprieciated.
Gary

If your MacBook and the MacBook Pro have FireWire ports you can install by Target Disk Mode. You'll need a retail version of SL .Start up your the MacBook Pro with your install disk. After you get to the install screen on the MacBook Pro connect your MacBook to the MacBook Pro in Target Disk Mode with a FireWire cable http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
Then open Disk Utility from the Utilities Menu on the Menu Bar on the install disk. You should see both your MacBook and the MacBook Pro hard drives in there. Erase and partition your MacBook drive and then choose that drive when you go back to the install screen

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