[G4] What works on Tiger and does not?

[Daniel Brieck Jr.]

No, I was suggesting a trick if possible to use Net-boot infrastructure 
to boot a DVD image or DVD, but you probably need mac os 10 sever to do 
a trick like that..

On Apr 30, 2005, at 7:18 PM, John McClernan wrote:

> You can netboot, sure.  But I don't think you can install from a 
> remote DVD,
> if that's what you're suggesting.
>
>
>> From: "Daniel Brieck Jr." <djbrieck at mac.com>
>> Reply-To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers."
>> <g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
>> Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 18:56:21 -0400
>> To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers."
>> <g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
>> Subject: Re: [G4] What works on Tiger and does not?
>>
>> Here is a better idea, can we boot from remote CD in mac os 10. I know
>> mac os 10 supports Net-boot...
>>
>>
>> On Apr 30, 2005, at 9:48 AM, John McClernan wrote:
>>
>>> Dan,
>>> You can use Disk Utility to make a disk image, then transport it over
>>> to
>>> your G3. If you have them networked, it's easy to do via iChat. If 
>>> you
>>> don't, you'll have to have a large enough portable drive (such as a
>>> firewire, for speed) to store it on. I can almost guarantee that the
>>> disk
>>> image would be too large for a CD-R. I don't know if you would have 
>>> to
>>> have
>>> the installer on such an external source in order to install, since I
>>> don't
>>> own Tiger.
>>> My 2¢
>>> John
>>>
>>>> From: "Daniel Brieck Jr." <djbrieck at mac.com>
>>>> Reply-To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers."
>>>> <g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
>>>> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:28:27 -0400
>>>> To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers."
>>>> <g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
>>>> Subject: [G4] What works on Tiger and does not?
>>>>
>>>> I will get my Tiger update as soon as it is available from Penn 
>>>> State?
>>>> It is $15 for PSU students, use to be free but I am guessing I am
>>>> paying for the DVD media now.
>>>>
>>>> Speaking of DVD media, what do users of macs without DVD drives have
>>>> to
>>>> do to install? Are there CD images available?  My G4 has A DVD 
>>>> drive,
>>>> but my g3 imac does not... They forget to mention DVD drive required
>>>> under Tiger's system requirements or do they...
>>>>
>>>> I will install Tiger as soon as I know Dantz Retrospect will work 
>>>> with
>>>> it? That also shows that Apple is doing a lot of under the hood
>>>> changes, because generally when every 10.x upgrade comes out it 
>>>> breaks
>>>> the Retrospect Backup software. I can understand why some don't want
>>>> to
>>>> jump the gun on installing a new OS upgrade... It makes me mad too
>>>> when
>>>> things don't work after an upgrade.
>>>
>>>> Dan Brieck Jr.