Thanks for the responces david and scott. Do you think the mac will still be able to boot from usb since its only 1.1? I took off the back plastic section to clean it out with compressed air and I found the ide cable for the internal cd drive, so if i'm left with no other option i'll just have to do a bit of a dirty hack and install with the case open, upside down with a ide dvd rom drive on my desk. hmmm. Thanks.
On 29/01/2009, Scott Howell <[email protected]> wrote: > You should be able to use an external CD drive I'm sure. That is a > fine deal indeed. > Scott Howell > [email protected] > > > > On Jan 29, 2009, at 1:26 PM, ben mustill-rose wrote: > >> Hey. I didn't think that apple sold tiger anymore? I didn't really >> think it would come with anything to be honest, but even on its own, a >> g3 400, 576mb of ram and a 40gb harddrive for £4.99 isn't bad imo. >> >> On 29/01/2009, David Poehlman >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> apple may be able o provide you with cds. I'm surprised it didn't >>> come with them. >>> >>> On Jan 29, 2009, at 8:22 AM, ben mustill-rose wrote: >>> >>> Hey all. >>> >>> Picked up a imac that admitidly was a bit of a gamble for £4.99 and >>> apon inspection, I see that it meets the requirements for tiger. >>> However, my tiger disk is a dvd and according to google this poticula >>> mac only has a cd drive. >>> >>> Can anyone think of any way that I can install tiger on this mac? I >>> was thinking of using a usb to ide adaptor to attach a usb dvd rom, >>> but i'm not sure if it will boot from usb plus its only 1.1 so things >>> are going to be painfully slow. >>> >>> I'll be very greatfull for any ideas. >>> Cheers. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Kind regards, BEN. >> >> email: [email protected] >> msn: [email protected] >> web: http://www.bmr.me.uk (under construction) >> > > > -- Kind regards, BEN. email: [email protected] msn: [email protected] web: http://www.bmr.me.uk (under construction)
