Target mode system install - why must the installer machine start from CD?

I want to install on an iMac flatpanel 800mhz that has no working CD drive. The ibook I will use to target the imac does not want to boot from the retail Tiger CD but will read it fine under Finder.
Is it possible to run the retail install CDs on the ibook under finder without restarting the ibook? I see no reason why the ibook must boot from the CD as it is not the ibook I will be selecting as the destination drive but the imac.
Put the CD in the iBook, then boot the iBook into Target Disk Mode (hold "T" while booting). You should see the floating FireWire logo on the iBook screen. Connect to the iMac with a FireWire cable and boot the iMac with Option held down. If you're lucky, you will see the Tiger DVD. Select it, then click the large, right-pointing, arrow.

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From: ritesh kapoor <[email protected]>
Reply-To: <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:32:06 -0600
To: Gary Horsman <[email protected]>
Subject: Why is the installer stuck on "Checking System
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