Re.: installing OS X 10.4, optical drive gone on dual USB ibook 500 MB.<br><br>Excellent detailed instructions at these two articles. <br><br>SEE: <br><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><a href="http://lowendmac.com/misc/06/0710.html">
http://lowendmac.com/misc/06/0710.html</a><br><font size="2">Installing OS X 10.4 'Tiger' on DVD-Challenged Macs Using FireWire Target Disk Mode</font><br><a href="mailto:cwmoore@lowendmac.com">Charles W Moore</a>
- 2006.07.10
<br></div><br>And importantly, his followup at : <br><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><a href="http://lowendmac.com/misc/06/0914.html">http://lowendmac.com/misc/06/0914.html</a><br><font size="2">Using FireWire Target Disk Mode to Install OS X on Macs without DVD Drives
</font><br></div><br>Good luck! <br>- Bob K. <br><br><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">Message: 8<br>Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:36:09 -0400<br>From: "Janice F. Jorgensen" <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:janicejorgensen@charter.net">
janicejorgensen@charter.net</a>><br>Subject: [iBook] reinstall OS x 10.4 with firewire on usb dual ibook<br>To: "iBook List" <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:ibook@listserver.themacintoshguy.com">
ibook@listserver.themacintoshguy.com</a>><br>Message-ID: <003001c7c888$32a17ce0$7202a8c0</div><div style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 40px;">@Hadleyoffice><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
<br><br>I have an USB dual ibook 500 mg.<br>the optical drive is gone.<br>I
need to re- install os x 10.4. the hard drive is 10 gig and is empty
right now. i had it installed previously. I hear maybe i can use a
firewire ...etc. Any good explicit instructions out there.<br><br>I have also heard that it cannot be done.. with my ibook model. HELP!!!!!!!<br><br>thanks so much<br><br>Janice F. Jorgensen<br>janicejorgensenatcharterdotnet
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