DVD Drive Broken -Can I install from another Mac?

Hello All
A friend has a MacMini with a broken DVD Drive. He also has a MacBook, which has a working drive. He is still using Leopard and wants to upgrade to Snow Leopard. Can he upgrade the MacBook, then upgrade the MacMini using the MacBook? If so, would anyone happen to have detailed instructions?
Thank you for your time
Cooch

You connect the two via Firewire cable. Boot the Mini into TDM. Put the installer DVD into the optical drive on the MB then boot the MB. After the chime hold down the "C" key to boot from the installer DVD. Select the language and click on the Continue button. When the menubar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Select the Mini's drive from the left sidebar, click on the First Aid tab in DU's main window, then click on the Repair Disk button. After Repair Disk is completed click on the Repair Permissions button. When completed quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed with the installation. When you reach the point for selecting a target drive select the Mini's drive. Continue on. The Snow Leopard installer will automatically upgrade the existing Leopard system.

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