Thanks Steve and David, It's good to know this is a viable approach. Steve Stuckwisch (sstuckwisch at charter.net)wrote: > Yes, disk mode will work. I used disk mode to install OSX 10.4 on my > old 500MHz dual usb iBook because it lacked a DVD drive. Simply > boot the iBook into disk mode and install the system on that drive > from the install disk. > Steve ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Joy Freeman ~ from manuscript to bound book ~ Editorial, Design, and Production Services joy at pagesbyjoy.com