Installing Leopard on a powerbook that has no OS and no DVD drive
Hi!
I just did a total booboo and now I can't get myself out of a bind. My old powerbook G4 had a very fragmented, slow, buggy Leopard installed, so I decided to wipe the system clean and reinstall. Since the DVD drive is now broken, I needed another way to do the system install, and I thought I'd use the "target" mode.
Except of course I did it the wrong way. I put the Powerbook in target mode, and installed Leopard through my macbook pro. I got a couple of error messages along the way (like "you have to repartition in GUID format", which seemed strange, but I followed the instructions), but I finished the install, rebooted the computers, and got...
the folder with the question mark.
Looking at forum posts here, I realize I should have put the macbook pro in target mode, but I can't do that anymore since I wiped the system from the powerbook. How can I install Leopard on it now? Anybody's got a suggestion?
Many thanks for your help!
Princess Karlotta:
I should have put the macbook pro in target mode, but I can't do that anymore since I wiped the system from the powerbook.
I believe you can. Try it this way:
• Boot the MacBook Pro with working optical drive in Firewire Target Disk Mode.
• Insert install disk into Target Computer's (MBP's) optical drive.
• Connect computers via firewire cable
• Startup the PowerBook G4 (computer to which you want to install) holding down the Option button immediately after the chime.
• Select Install Disk for startup and click on the straight arrow.
• Proceed with Installation
(Using this procedure essentially temporarily coverts the MBP into an expensive external DVD drive.)
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
cornelius
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