Hey Eric, Congrats on completing a task that would had stymied many a fellow geek. I know I was pretty pleased, when I put that one to bed.
Anyway, well done, CJ On Jun 10, 2013, at 7:28 PM, eric oyen <eric.o...@gmail.com> wrote: > I figured that one out as well. I simply bought a DL burner and burned an > image to DL-DVD and installed it that way. > > -eric > On Jun 7, 2013, at 1:59 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: > >> Eric, >> >> Second Mike's info. I had to do this same thing about a year ago for my >> wife's Powerbook G4. I've been around computers for almost 30-years now & >> worked in the field. So, I'm pretty good @ researching & solving a tech >> problem. I chased my tail for about 2 weeks, before I found out that, no >> matter what you find on the web, it can't be done on that platform. >> >> So, in the end, I went to Walmart, spent $59 on a G Tech fire wire external >> drive, partitioned the drive & put Leopard on the thing. Then I fired it up >> & it installed without a hitch. Believe me, it can't be done. >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> CJ >> >> >> On Jun 6, 2013, at 9:44 AM, eric oyen <eric.o...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> hello guys, >>> >>> I m working on a friends mac mini G4 (yeah I know, its old), and I need to >>> install OS X 10.5 on it from a USB stic. There is no DVD Drive available on >>> this machine and the user doesn't know his originl password. Any >>> suggestions for how a totally blind geek can do this easily? >>> >>> -eric >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
