Hey I found this post:
http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54975
Which shows you how to backup your *Tiger* restore DVDs to a disk/partition in order that you may boot from the disk/partition to which you restored them, treating it as if it were the DVDs supplied with your Mac.
This also works in Leopard (I have a Santa Rosa Macbook). Here is a simplified version:
1/ open terminal and do (pay attention to upper and lower cases!!)
<PRESS RETURN>
2/ open terminal (if you closed it before) and do:
<PRESS RETURN>
3/ Format a disk/partition with HFS+ extended to 20Gb, and rename it to "Mac OS X Install Disc 2" making sure all upper and lower case letters look the same as here.
4/ Insert the DVD "Mac OS X Install Disc 1" and *RESTORE* it to the partition using Disk Utility
5/ Insert "Mac OS X Install Disc 2" and browse it, then copy over the files/folders *HIGHLIGHTED* below, to the *ROOT* of the partition:
6/ open terminal and do:
<PRESS RETURN>
<PRESS RETURN>
Job done. You may now boot from this disk/partition and restore your Mac, as if you had the physical DVDs inserted.
http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54975
Which shows you how to backup your *Tiger* restore DVDs to a disk/partition in order that you may boot from the disk/partition to which you restored them, treating it as if it were the DVDs supplied with your Mac.
This also works in Leopard (I have a Santa Rosa Macbook). Here is a simplified version:
1/ open terminal and do (pay attention to upper and lower cases!!)
Code:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles true
<PRESS RETURN>
2/ open terminal (if you closed it before) and do:
Code:
killall Finder
<PRESS RETURN>
3/ Format a disk/partition with HFS+ extended to 20Gb, and rename it to "Mac OS X Install Disc 2" making sure all upper and lower case letters look the same as here.
4/ Insert the DVD "Mac OS X Install Disc 1" and *RESTORE* it to the partition using Disk Utility
5/ Insert "Mac OS X Install Disc 2" and browse it, then copy over the files/folders *HIGHLIGHTED* below, to the *ROOT* of the partition:
6/ open terminal and do:
Code:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles false
<PRESS RETURN>
Code:
killall Finder
<PRESS RETURN>
Job done. You may now boot from this disk/partition and restore your Mac, as if you had the physical DVDs inserted.