Okay, so I have an old PB Lombard with no HD, and an old 5 GB HD that I put in it, except it has an incompatible OS X install on it. I want to install OS X.2 and give the laptop to a friend, but I have no CD drive. I have a USB link cable, so can I use USB to do a target install from my iBook? thanks.
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That's what I thought too, but it apparently exists.
If not, then how else could I install? It doesn't have FW.
No target disk mode for USB.
The only other option is to install using an external CD drive. You can pick one up for $30 at Best Buy. Actually, for that $30 or $40 you will be getting a DVD burner that will be faster and better than your iBooks internal DVD drive.
The only other option is to install using an external CD drive. You can pick one up for $30 at Best Buy. Actually, for that $30 or $40 you will be getting a DVD burner that will be faster and better than your iBooks internal DVD drive.
Yes, it is very likely that will work. The only caveat is that I hear getting the drives in and out of an iBook G3 is not easy.
Okay, I did that, and it worked fine. Yes, it is hard to get the drive out the first time, but I have disassembled my iBook so many times that I was able to do it in under 10 minutes. Thanks for helping.