Installing OS X on powerbook with no internal CD drive?

Is it possible to install OS X on a powerbook G3 (firewire) if my internal CD drive is broken? I'm trying to install 10.2.
I've tried using a USB external CD drive, but it doesn't seem to work.
I've also tried a bunch of other things--like trying to make a disk image of the install disks on a USB harddrive, but it won't let me pick them as startup volumes (although I can pick the USB disk itself as a startup volume, and have started from it succesfully).
So, is this possible? This is what I have at my disposal:
1) The powerbook G3 firewire, no CD drive, running 9.2.2
2) An (old) APS tech USB external CD drive
3) A (new) USB external hard drive, which I can reformat if I need
4) A (new) Firewire external hard drive, which I can NOT reformat
5) An iBook G4, running Tiger
6) Toast 4.2 and 5.0
7) The OS X 10.2 installation CDs
I'm wondering if I can get a hold of a firewire cable and connect the iBook to the Powerbook this might help me in some way?
Any suggestions welcome.
Thanks,
Anne

If you have access to a FireWire equipped Mac that is capable of running 10.2, then you can do it. The iBook G4 can't run 10.2, though.
If you do manage to get access to one, here's how to do it:
1. Start the PowerBook G3 in Target Disk Mode (hold down 't' on boot.)
2. Connect the PowerBook G3 via FireWire to the 'host' computer. (I'll call it an iBook, just for ease of talking.)
3. Start the host iBook up off the 10.2 CD.
4. Install to the 'external FireWire drive' that is really the PowerBook G3.
5. Reboot the PowerBook G3, it will be running 10.2
I used a similar method to get Tiger onto a Lombard (USB, no FireWire) G3. I installed to a hard drive that was in a combo FireWire/USB hard drive, then 'Carbon Copy'ed that drive via USB onto the Lombard's internal drive.
But, since your iBook requires 10.3 or newer, I don't think you can use that method with your setup. The only way you could do it is with an external FireWire CD drive. (Which IS bootable on that model.)
Unfortunately, I know of no way of convincing the computer that an external hard drive is really a CD drive, and no way of convincing your iBook to install 10.2 onto any drive. (I just tried rebooting my 10.3+ eMac with a 10.2 install CD, no go.) Of course, if you had a legal 10.3 or 10.4 install CD/DVD, you could install one of those onto the PowerBook using the method above, since the iBook is happy to install them.

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