DVD drive sharing

Hi all,
I have an iMac and Mac Mini. The DVD drive on the iMac is not working and I would like to install iLife 09 on it. I thought I could use the DVD drive on my Mini to do this? I have CD/DVD sharing enabled on both machines. I inserted a disc in the Mini to see if I could install it on my iMac but no go. Is this only available for a computer with no optical drive? In Help, it was mentioned to use the DVD sharing software which probably comes with the Airbook but I thought it was included in a later Leopard update? Anyway, how can I install iLife on my iMac?
Thanks,
Jason

What you are doing is quite unnecessary. Turn off both computers then connect a Firewire cable between them. Boot your iMac into Target Disk Mode. Boot the Mini normally. After the Mini starts up you should see the iMac's hard drive on its Desktop. You can then use the DVD drive to install the software. Just be sure you switch the install location to the iMac.
If the drive on your Mini is a removable one, then make things even simpler by just connecting it directly to the iMac in order to install the software. Or you can download the Trial version from Apple and install it. When your copy arrives in the Mail you can simply enter the serial number for the Trial version. Don't even need to use the DVD.

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