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dukebound85

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Jul 17, 2005
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I was curious if I could install leopard from my desktop with my laptops hdd connected and then insert the hdd into my laptop

iow

connect laptop hdd to desktop
install leopard
put laptop hdd in laptop

you may ask why not install from laptop? well, it would just take more time for me at the moment

is this possible?
 
Hmmm, might have driver issues?

Can you start the laptop up in target mode? I've installed Mac OS X in that manner before, seemed to work fine.
 
Remote Disc is your best bet. If you use Target Disk mode it will probably still install the desktop driver package.
 
i thought remote disc is only for the air, correct?

there should be no fear from installing the 'desktop driver package' as there is no such thing, unlike windows.

it is possible to install directly from within a running os x environment, it just requires editing a plist on the installation disc. let me know if this is what you want to do and i will check details with an install disc at home.

it is likely faster just to go ahead and do it and you would probably be done by now anyway.
 
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