I had an eMac that wouldn’t take the Tiger DVD, so I’ve found this alternative (and rather simple) method to install Tiger on it…
Turn your iPod into a bootable Tiger installation disk. Here’s how:
- Make a backup copy of your iPod if necessary (it will be erased in the next step!)
- Using Disk Utility, format (Erase) the iPod.
- Use the Restore feature in Disk Utility to create an image of the Tiger DVD on your iPod (drag the DVD into the source textbox; drag your iPod into the destination textbox).
- You can then plug your iPod in any Mac and launch the Install Tiger software, let it reboot, and follow the instructions to install it!
When you’re done, you might want to re-erase the iPod, and restore the latest iPod Software on your iPod.
Nice.
Hehe, well done!
Now you can put tiger inside iPods?
Don’t let Nintendo hear this otherwise you might get sued.
sued?? what’s the pokemon link for? i clicked on it, but got the pokemon homepage, no incentive for nintendo to sue……….
well anyway, BRAVO and WELL DONE
i’ve done this without formating the iPod …
How about using a home network or network cable or firewire to transfer the Tiger (DVD) installer from one Mac to the Mac that only has a CD slot? Would that work with a disk image?
yes it work because the validity test localized in /System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg/Contents/OSInstall.dist
sheache “bad machines” and the ipod is not one
the other solution is to creat a disk image and modify the script change return false by return true and burn the image and thats all
(sorry for my bad english)