Install OS X Without a CD/DVD Device on the Host
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Ever had to install OS X onto a Mac that had a temperamental CD or DVD drive? Ya, I’ve been there with a few older iMac’s for sure. So what do you do? Install it straight off the hard drive, of course! :) I know, easier sad then done, but truth is, it really isn’t that tough at all. All you need is two things, really. NetRestore is one of them and MacOSXHints’ article Create a hard-drive based OS X installer is the other. The article details very well how and what you’ll need to do to make an install partition on your host system you’re looking to install the OS on. For me, I have an iMac without a DVD drive and this will be perfect to get the Tiger on it. Since it’s the “garage Mac,” speed won’t be too much of an issue. :)
[tags]os x,install,no optical drive[/tags]
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John Bogdanov
February 19th, 2007
at 8:04am
I have an HP Pavillion that came preloaded with Windows XP Home Edition with the Recovery in D: drive on the hard disk. Is it possible to make a cd/dvd disk(s) that I could use to reinstall XP in case of crash from that recovery partion? Thank you in advance for any and all help. john