[iBook] external firewire CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive

[Janice F. Jorgensen]

I have tried and tried with no luck.    I think I am doing it correctly...
Today I have retried it and found areference to if u have a firmware
password it won't work.. I do have a firmware password.

I get messages or read info that says it can be done.. The Apple folks say
no...   And I don't know what else to do... So I learned this is a way I
might be able to do it...

Needless to say I am very frustrated

Mary, I appreciate your assistance... I feel like a dunce in this... Usually
I can work these things through with success.

thanks

-- 
Janice 



> From: "Mary H." <maryh at brucetelecom.com>
> Reply-To: "A place to discuss Apple's iBook computers."
> <ibook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:30:20 -0400
> To: "A place to discuss Apple's iBook computers."
> <ibook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: Re: [iBook] external firewire CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive
> 
> At 7:57 AM -0400 7/28/07, Janice F. Jorgensen wrote:
> 
>> I need to get/borrow an external firewire CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive so
>> that i can install os x 10.4 on my ibook with a dead optical drive.
> 
> When you originally posted here about the problem of getting OS X on
> your iBook I suggested a workaround for using the drive in your
> MacBook as an external via Target Disk Mode.
> 
> Did you try that? I tested it here and it works for me. I don't know
> why it wouldn't work for you.
> 
>   M
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