Here's the procedure:
http://lowendmac.com/osx/leopard/openfirmware.html
Another way I have used is to put the low spec machine in target disk
mode, then attaching it to a Mac that is in spec, and installing it
using that Mac, but putting the install on the external disk (i.e. the
disk of the
On 2010/11/30 04:34, misterbleepy so eloquently wrote:
Another way I have used is to put the low spec machine in target disk
mode, then attaching it to a Mac that is in spec, and installing it
using that Mac, but putting the install on the external disk (i.e. the
disk of the Mac in target disk
I have done it this way from an Intel Macbook to a G4 iMac (using an
intermediary disk) - it worked fine, and they are completely different
architectures. It suggests an OSX install installs all the OS code for
all supported hardware, but other than my experience with the above, I
have no actual
On Nov 30, 2010, at 8:15 AM, misterbleepy wrote:
It suggests an OSX install installs all the OS code for
all supported hardware, but other than my experience with the above, I
have no actual proof that is the case.
That sounds right. If you'll remember, when Snow Leopard came out one of the
On 2010/11/30 11:38, Steven so eloquently wrote:
That sounds right. If you'll remember, when Snow Leopard came out one
of the biggest improvements was gigabytes of hard drive space freed
up, since there was no more doubled PowerPC code. I think it is
reasonable to assume that a retail disk
