Installing from FW external DVD burner

My internal CDRW is out on my MDD G4. I have been relying on my LaCie FW DVD burner. I am wondering if that would be a problem with installing Tiger.
Thanks

Thanks, but I was worried since I hear to unplug all FW devices before upgrading.....so, you sure???

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Can I initialize my hard drive and install from an external DVD drive?

My PowerBook's showing signs of problems and I think it needs to be reinitialized. The only sticking point is that its Super Drive is jammed and I can't get an audio CD out that's been stuck in there for an embarassingly long time. Last year I was able to update OS X from Panther to Tiger with my external firewire DVD-RW. It booted from the external drive without any problems and the update went smoothly. Now, though, I want to boot from the external drive so that I can erase and rebuild my hard drive. Does anyone foresee any problems doing that?
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should be no problem - external drive can be either selected as startup drive form System Preferences or by holding down "option" key on restart.
after machine is booted from the external drive, formatting/installing supposed to work.
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I bough a new imac, this haven't dvd burner, i bought a external dvd burner but the imac havent a idvd and i need this program, no other one, how to download this and install?

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how to download this and install?
There are no free DownLoads !
There are no legal DownLoads at all !
If there is no iDVD on Your Mac (and it's not on newer Macs as Apple discarded it) then You need a program that can do this.
Your Mac can burn CDs and DVDs - BUT DVD as Data-DVDs not as Video-DVDs - they need a program to be encoded and STRUCTURED as such.
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• DVD Studio pro - Part of FinalCut Studio Pro bundle - this to has expired and can only be bought second handed. (High price and tough learning Curve - but best ever done.)
• Roxio Toast™ - Not as elegant as iDVD - but has many other positive additions (I like it as 10-Pro incl BD-component) (now version 11)
• Burn - only free alternative I know of on internet. Very simple - Just for doing a plain Video-DVD
Burn http://www.digital-digest.com/software/Burn.html
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• FinalCut Pro-X which also can burn to DVD but without any nice themes.
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Hi folks, a quick (well actually a few) questions.
I've had my imac since early '06. It's currently running Tiger, and I'd like to install Snow Leopard. The problem is that the internal DVD drive is shot. It's been occasionally refusing to accept DVDs for a while now, and now it has a DVD stuck in it (not mounted), which I can't get out via terminal, rebooting, or jiggling it (technical term I know).
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Chris
p.s. Also, I'm using a cheapo windows style keyboard (will be replacing asap), and I'm wondering if this is why I can't see bootable drives when holing option on startup?

Yes, you can install from an external drive, although I wouldn’t go for a cheap one. There are good, relatively inexpensive, drives out there. And you are going to need that option key to select the install disk as your startup. I believe there is a corresponding key on a PC keyboard, but I don’t know what it is (maybe Alt?). I’m sure someone can jump in here and tell us.

How to install Leopard from an external DVD reader?

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I've bought Leopard today. unfortunately, it's not yet installed on my PowerBook. As my SuperDrive is dead, I use now an external DVD (Lacie Portable DVD-RW), but it doesn't work. I can read the Leopard install DVD, but when it reboot, it reboot on my current installation.
I've tried the following during the boot sequence:
- alt pressed, but I can only see my main HDD
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Problems booti and install Tiger on a G4 running 9.2.2 from an external DVD

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Joe, thank you very much for your post. The PCI G4 won't boot from an external USB dvd drive. Part of the apple support site says it will, another part says it won't. It won't. And it's well documented that the PCI G4 won't boot from a firewire device, neither can one put it into target mode.
The method Joe suggests does work. I arrived at it independantly, with this method- I ran 9.2 from a CD and partitioned the internal hard drive 10GB dive, ended up with two 5GB partitions. then installed 9.2 on one partition.
Restarted and I'm running 9.2.
Then copied the Tiger install dvd from an external dvd rom, just a normal drag n drop copy, while running 9.2 (you can't do this under OS X) Then set the startup disc as the partition with the OS X install files on it.
(I copied the Tiger files ontot he partition that wasn't running 9.2)
Pressed restart, a long wait and then it sprang into life and installed OSX on the other partition, but without asking if I wanted a clean install- it just installed it alongside the 9.2 system folder.
I had to specify no extras, it prompted for that, via a message that said free space was tight.
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2. won't shut down properly- goes to a blue screen, then stays there- I have to unplug it every time.
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This is in response to a previous archived thread that was never fully answered, found here:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/12410086#12410086
Advice given on previous thread that did not work for me:
You have to hold the ALT key in order to boot from the external drive.
~Lyssa
This advice is correct, except here are the full directions:
1. Press power and startup macbook OR click on apple icon in upper right corner and click restart.
2. As computer starts/restarts, hold down the option (ALT) key until you see a choice of options to boot from. There will not be an option for external cd/dvd, until the computer has finished reading that drive.
3. Wait as much as a 30 seconds to 5 minutes as macbook recognizes the bootable disk in the external cd/dvd drive. As long as the drive is making noise/reading disk, wait it out. The new selection will appear on its own.
4. Select dvd to boot from, then click the arrow below. It will begin to boot from that drive and install/reinstall your OSX.
5. Follow the prompts to install OSX
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Your Mac requires a firmware (Boot ROM version in System Profiler) update to 4.2.8 See Mac OS X: Available firmware updates
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IDE\DiskMaxtor4R060J0_________________________RAMB1TU0, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
IDE\DiskST34323A_______________________________3.02___, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [1,0]
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Track 3, start time 08:44:33
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Track 5, start time 17:55:53
Track 6, start time 22:14:31
Track 7, start time 25:32:60
Track 8, start time 30:13:01
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Get drive speed succeeded.
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The drive DVDRW speeds are: 8.
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hi Aric!
hmmm. we'd better check on the usual suspects with that. (the incredibly long song times can also be associated with these sorts of causes.)
You can't import or play music from an audio CD in iTunes for Windows
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Using CD Diagnostics in iTunes for Windows to troubleshoot CD/DVD drive issues
iTunes for Windows: Updating the firmware on your CD or DVD drive
Updating the drivers on your Windows PC
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I'm installing Snow Leopard from a USB hard disk because the CD drive in my machine is dead. The install runs for about 10 minutes then gives me an error that states the CD is dirty. This is impossible because I'm installing from an external disk.
If I try rebooting into the image on the external HD then installing, the same thing happens except the installer complains about being unable to install support files.
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etresoft wrote:
V.K. wrote:
how did you get it on it in the first place?
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