[MacDV] IDVD Install - workaround?

[Thubten Kunga]

Put the DVD Install disk in the Mac with the SuperDrive. Go to the Mac 
you want to install it on.
In Finder mode at the bottom of the Go menu, select Connect to Server...
Select the computer with the SuperDrive
Enter that computer's user's name and their password
Select the DVD Install Disc
It will mount on your desktop.
Open it to the Install package.
Control Click the Install Icon and select Show Package Contents
Open the Contents Folder
Double Click on the iDVD Installer Package
Follow the instructions and do the install to your non-SuperDrive 
equipped Mac

k


On Friday, February 21, 2003, at 08:44  PM, KathyMac! wrote:

>> Anybody try this? iDVD3 with an external DVD drive. If it is for real
>> I might have to buy iLife.
>>
>> Rod
>>
>>> This thing allows iDVD 3 to run without
>>> a SuperDriver... whatever that means.
>
> Well, I just tried this and I have no idea if it will launch or not 
> because
> I can't even INSTALL iDVD3 on a computer without the SuperDrive. How 
> do you
> get around the installation? Is there a back door way to get this app 
> on the
> computer?
>
> I have the real install disc but it won't work. I have an entire 
> network of
> Macs in the house so is that a possibility? What are all the files I 
> would
> need to transfer over to another Mac to completely install iDVD 
> manually?
>
> Kathy