OS 10.5 - Unusual intall situation

Decesus · Decesus #1 (**permalink**)

01-03-2009, 05:50 PM

Hello Mac Forums. I have quite the situation here. I am looking to upgrade a G5 PPC Mac running Tiger to leopard. However, the mac has no DVD drive. I looked up how to boot off of your iPod, but apparently PPCs don't support booting from USB. When I try to install remotely from my Mac Book Pro (Directly connected through ethernet), it can't find the network drive. Is there ANYWAY I can get leopard onto this machine? Thank you!

bobtomay · bobtomay #2 (**permalink**)

01-03-2009, 05:59 PM

Internal drive for a PowerMac G5 is only $30.

Little more expensive for an iMac G5.

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Decesus #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 03, 2009 Posts: 1	01-03-2009, 05:50 PM Hello Mac Forums. I have quite the situation here. I am looking to upgrade a G5 PPC Mac running Tiger to leopard. However, the mac has no DVD drive. I looked up how to boot off of your iPod, but apparently PPCs don't support booting from USB. When I try to install remotely from my Mac Book Pro (Directly connected through ethernet), it can't find the network drive. Is there ANYWAY I can get leopard onto this machine? Thank you!
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