OS X on a firewire drive

[aethier]

Hello, is there a way to install os x on external hard drives with out having to reboot the computer, as i don't want to reboot...


aethier

[jsw]

Just a word of friendly advice: I hope that your friend has a "legal" copy of Tiger. If not, you won't get a lot of help here. I don't care either way - to me, it's such an early beta that it won't hurt for people to play with it. But a lot of others will jump on you if it isn't a valid copy.

Unfortunately, I can't help with your problem. I would, but I just don't know the answer.

[aethier]

Just a word of friendly advice: I hope that your friend has a "legal" copy of Tiger. If not, you won't get a lot of help here. I don't care either way - to me, it's such an early beta that it won't hurt for people to play with it. But a lot of others will jump on you if it isn't a valid copy.

Unfortunately, I can't help with your problem. I would, but I just don't know the answer.

Thanks for the advice, anyways i don't really care anymore either as i figured it out on my own..

aethier

[Horrortaxi]

Can't install the OS without rebooting. It's Step 1.

[janey]

Can't install the OS without rebooting. It's Step 1.
not quite, you can use Pacifist to install without rebooting, provided its on a different drive.

[aethier]

not quite, you can use Pacifist to install without rebooting, provided its on a different drive.

yup as i did it

all you have to do is open the terminal, navigate to the tiger dvd, find OSInstall.mpkg

open it

install on external harddrive without rebooting... go me. :D

[tomf87]

Just curious, why not reboot and install?

[Horrortaxi]

not quite, you can use Pacifist to install without rebooting, provided its on a different drive.
Cool. I didn't know it would do the whole OS.