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Trying to load leopard

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wcmorris

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Sep 17, 2008
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I am new to this site. I have a macbook pro. I had leopard loaded at the mac store several months ago and love it. I have bought a use mac laptop G4 with OS X on it. I ordered a new leopard disk for the used laptop. When I insert the disk into the drive it starts to read it then kicks it back out. I have check to make sure that the laptop has the right memory and processor and it does. Can anybody help me with this problem. Thanks
 
Does it conform to minimum requirements to load leopard? Does it have dvd reader or is it only CDs?
 
Yes, it has a DVD reader but not sure how to find if it has duel reader. Where would I look? Yes it the minimum requirement
 
Anyway, if it does not have a DVD DL drive, you could possibly (I'm not sure) still install Leopard on it. Just connect it to your MacBook Pro with via FireWire, and turn it (the PowerBook) on while holding the 't' key. This will set the PowerBook in what is called target mode, meaning that it will appear as an external harddrive on your MacBook. Then use the MacBook to install your second copy of Leopard on the PowerBook.
 
Thanks pit29, I just bought a firewire cable and hooked the two macs together. It loaded leopard just fine. This was simple. Thanks for all the help.
 
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