[X4U] Installing Leopard on an older Mac

[K. Jerry Smith]

On Dec 14, 2007, at 2:21 PM, Ronald Steinke wrote:

> Leopard will indeed install on a slower than 866MHz Mac. The way to  
> do it is to start the TiBook in Target Mode while connected to a  
> faster than 866MHz machine. Start the faster Mac with the Leopard  
> install DVD inserted and select the TiBook hard drive as the  
> installation destination. It will do the installation without any  
> hesitation.
>
> Once the installation is complete, shut down both machines and then  
> restart them without the firewire connection. The TiBook will now  
> have Leopard installed and you will need to set your configuration  
> preferences.
>
> This has worked on my 733MHz G4 and I have read that it also works  
> on the Cube model G4s but they will run slower than a normal Leopard  
> install because of the slower processor speed.

Nice and simple. Thanks, Ronald.