[muglo] Re: Target disk mode discussion

If your optical drive (CD/DVD) is broken and you don't have access to an 
external (or it won't boot your Mac), you can put "newer" (G4/G5s and some 
G3s) Macs into 'target disk' mode and make the computer behave like a hard 
drive. You can then use a second Mac (with FireWire) to install a clean 
install of Mac OS X (or OS 9 ;-( onto that original Mac when the original 
Mac is in FireWire 'target disk' mode.

PS You can turn your Mac into a FireWire disk by holding down 't' when you 
restart or power on the computer (and then connect it to another FireWire 
Mac which'll recognise it as a hard drive).

Eric.

>From: Paul Thomas <paul_thomas@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [muglo] Re: Target disk mode discussion
>Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:53:10 -0400
>
>I hate to ask but what does "the target disk install trick" mean?
>
>Paul
>
>On Sep 20, 2006, at 11:21 AM, Eric D wrote:
> >
> > At my brother's work place (a not-for-profit) he saved them $100s in
> > repair
> > bills on a wayward Mac mini (bad optical drive) by using the target
> > disk
> > install trick.
> >
>
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