Question Installing Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 on unsupported computer.

[windowsMe]

I am planning to install Mac OS X Tiger on an unsupported mac computer that already has Mac OS X Panther on it. I am planning to follow the steps listed in <http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20051211074138859, but I am wondering if I can do all the steps with an external USB 1.1 DVD drive instead of an internal one. My Mac doesn't have a DVD drive, only a CD drive. I want to install OS Tiger for web browsing with TenFourFox and running some applications. If that doesn't work without an internal drive, I was wondering if I could install Tiger from a supported iMac onto an external hard disk and then plug it in to my mac.
Thanks in advance!

 

[McHenryB]

You can't boot your Mac from a USB drive. It has to be an internal drive or a firewire connected one.

 

[Benkberg97]

If you have another Mac, you can try target disk mode.

http://lowendmac.com/2006/installing-os-x-10-4-tiger-on-dvd-challenged-macs-using-firewire-target-disk-mode/

 

[McHenryB]

It's really far better to create the USB on a Mac. As you have an install .dmg, presumably you own another Mac. I'd advise you to use that to create the install USB.

 

[windowsMe]

If you have another Mac, you can try target disk mode.

http://lowendmac.com/2006/installing-os-x-10-4-tiger-on-dvd-challenged-macs-using-firewire-target-disk-mode/

The mac i have doesn't have FireWire. It's an iMac G3 333 MHz Lime. I am thinking of using XPostFacto and using the CD version of TIger

 

[windowsMe]

It's really far better to create the USB on a Mac. As you have an install .dmg, presumably you own another Mac. I'd advise you to use that to create the install USB.

I have another Mac, but which .dmg file do I have? I was planning to use an external DVD drive, not a USB flash drive. I am wondering if I should just use XPostFacto and the CD version of 10.4.

 

[McHenryB]

Sorry - that was a reply to a different thread that I accidentally posted here. If you don't have FireWire there's not much you can do.