Hello, everyone...hope this thread is in the correct section(it involves hardware,software and 10.3...)
anyway,I posted a thread a few days ago about my suddenly malfuctioning dvd-rom drive on my pismo(it's floating around in the hardware advice somewhere)...it was suggested that it might be a faulty firmware problem and might be resolved by an upgrade to Panther...unfortunately, I cannot upgrade w/o a working optical drive...so here is my question...is it possible to install Panther(or any new os) from an external drive? Can I make disk images or something comparable? I am not particularily knowledgeable in these areas, so if you are someone who is ...advice on options would be appreciated. It is important, because if posssible, I will spend my $$ on a fast external dvd-burner(which I want anyway) and will use my extra battery in the dvd-roms' place(I have a large enough HD to take a copy of most anything I would need the optical drive for...) I also have a G4 733 tower if that is helpful for options...thanks
anyway,I posted a thread a few days ago about my suddenly malfuctioning dvd-rom drive on my pismo(it's floating around in the hardware advice somewhere)...it was suggested that it might be a faulty firmware problem and might be resolved by an upgrade to Panther...unfortunately, I cannot upgrade w/o a working optical drive...so here is my question...is it possible to install Panther(or any new os) from an external drive? Can I make disk images or something comparable? I am not particularily knowledgeable in these areas, so if you are someone who is ...advice on options would be appreciated. It is important, because if posssible, I will spend my $$ on a fast external dvd-burner(which I want anyway) and will use my extra battery in the dvd-roms' place(I have a large enough HD to take a copy of most anything I would need the optical drive for...) I also have a G4 733 tower if that is helpful for options...thanks