Panther on DVD?

[cmaracz88]

Does that mean that CD-Rom based systems can't isntall it? Such as my CD-Rom drive Apple iBook 800mhz? I'm a bit confused. Thanks.

 

[DXoverDY]

Does that mean that CD-Rom based systems can't isntall it? Such as my CD-Rom drive Apple iBook 800mhz? I'm a bit confused. Thanks.

not sure if apple will sell you panther now or not. if it's DVD based then yes you need a combo drive to install it. or another computer with a combo drive to install it. i heard you can use target mode or what have you to use drives off other machines over firewire (still haven't tried this, wish i had 2 macs ).

if apple does still sell panther, you could probably get the cdrom version from them for an extra fee of like $10 or so.

if you're talking about Tiger (10.4, that was just announced) then goto www.apple.com, click OS X on the top bar, then scroll down on the right side there's a box for Media Exchange (i think) that for $10 will allow you to order the cdrom version

 

[cmaracz88]

not sure if apple will sell you panther now or not. if it's DVD based then yes you need a combo drive to install it. or another computer with a combo drive to install it. i heard you can use target mode or what have you to use drives off other machines over firewire (still haven't tried this, wish i had 2 macs ).

if apple does still sell panther, you could probably get the cdrom version from them for an extra fee of like $10 or so.

if you're talking about Tiger (10.4, that was just announced) then goto www.apple.com, click OS X on the top bar, then scroll down on the right side there's a box for Media Exchange (i think) that for $10 will allow you to order the cdrom version

Yup, I meant Tiger hehe.

 

[agentbob]

If you have another computer with a dvd drive you can create a dmg on it with diskutils and install from an external harddrive or iPod as per:

http://www.dankind.com/misc/tiger_dmg_iso_nodvd_ipod.php

Dan

 

[Venture37]

No DVD for Panther

if you dont have any of Mac's or a iPod but do have a PC or other platform chekc out the guide I wrote on how to net install OS X
http://www.geeklan.co.uk/?p=26
http://www.geeklan.co.uk/?p=27
http://www.geocities.com/venture037/OSX_NetBoot_OpenBSD_OpenDarwin.pdf
http://www.geeklan.co.uk/files/OSX_NetBoot_OpenBSD_OpenDarwin.pdf

 

[latergator116]

If you have acess to another cumputer with a DVD player, you can put your computer in firewire target disk mode and install from the other computer. (This is how I installed Tiger on my computer)

 

[Venture37]

Yep, I wrote the guide when I only had one mac (500mhz G3 iBook with combo drive)