dvd writer

[bluekatt]

okay scratch previous post it suddenly works
what i wonder now is wil i be able to update to tiger with it

edit : unfortunaly the mac refuses to boot from the dvd
not entirly unexpected
can i however copy the dvd contents to an hd and run the installer from there ?
if so how ?

 

[Ric]

...?

You've plugged in an external DVD writer into your Mac, and want to use it to load Tiger...but it won't ? Is it Firewire ?

I am with it ?

What make and Model DVD writer is it ? Not all of them are bootable...

regards

Ric

 

[bluekatt]

thats the basic gist of it
no its usb not firewire
its a freecom dvd rewriter
since it wont boot the tiger dvd on reboot i was wondering if could
copy the tiger dvd to one of my hd's and install it from there
if so how ?
if not please insert your choice of swear words here and il stick with panther

 

[Ric]

I'll have to check up...but it may not boot on your Drive...

Try holding down the Option Key whilst rebooting withe DVD in the Freecom to see if the Mac see's it, if it does then it will install very slow over USB...

regards

Ric

 

[bluekatt]

unfortunaly it doesnt
oh well
panther is nice too
i dont have any firewire hardware the pc world doesnt want it usb 2.0 is just as fast
and apple dropped firewire themselfs

...not much point really to have it any more