How to Install Snow Leopard without a DVD drive

[optophobia]

So I have a MBP Early 2008, and the dvd drive has died (still under warranty, just don't want to get it fixed at the moment)

Also have a Mac mini WITH a working dvd drive. Anyway I tried the dvd drive sharing. I can see it on my MBP, even open the disc, but when i double click the install mac OSX icon, NOTHING happens.

So I used toast to make a DMG, and transferred it using my USB drive.

Managed to open it on my MBP , but when I click the icon again, this time it says not supported or some error message.

Any ideas what is going on, or if there is an alternative method I can install ?

The disc works fine on the mac mini, and the installer starts fine (but I am not upgrading that one at the moment)

Thanks

PS., I have my software on Leopard, with all updates.

 

[Jolly Jimmy]

Have you tried using Remote Install Mac OS X?

 

[optophobia]

Have you tried using Remote Install Mac OS X?

thanks i am going to try that now

 

[Bobacus]

Something else you could try is using disk utility to restore the dvd image to a partition on the usb drive, and then boot off that partition on the usb drive.

 

[optophobia]

Something else you could try is using disk utility to restore the dvd image to a partition on the usb drive, and then boot off that partition on the usb drive.

Tried the remote install and it won't even find the wireless networked mini.

Next up is to try your idea.

 

[optophobia]

Something else you could try is using disk utility to restore the dvd image to a partition on the usb drive, and then boot off that partition on the usb drive.

Worked like a charm. I REALLY appreciate your help. Thank you very much.