iMac G3 and DVDs

[Tempest]

[SIZE=12pt]I was going to upgrade my G3 iMac to Tiger tonight when I noticed my Tiger disc was a DVD which my iMac won't read.  Am I better off searching for a Tiger CD set or just buy a FireWire DVD reader?  Are most OS X programs for Tiger or older on CD or DVD? [/SIZE]

 

[Skate323k137]

Have any other firewire macs? You could boot one in target disk mode with the dvd in it, connected to the imac. 

 

[Tempest]

I have a PowerBook G4 that has Firewire.  I guess I'd need to find a FireWire cable.

Would a usb dvd drive work on the iMac?  I think I have one of those somewhere.

 

[Skate323k137]

I'm not sure if your imac would boot from usb or not but you can try it. Mine doesn't but it's an earlier model (sans firewire.)

If you find a firewire cable your powerbook will functionally work as a dvd drive for your imac if you boot the powerbook in target disk mode. 

 

[CC_333]

Technically, no Power Macs can boot via USB (to Mac OS X, at least), but it does work in a limited fashion I think (I haven't tried in many years, so I can't remember).

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[bibilit]

I have booted many Powermacs using USB, for sure the Powermac G4s and many Ibooks will work.

The Imac G4 (iLamp) will work for sure, done a few months ago without issue.

Using a thumb drive is the better solution...

 

[Tempest]

I found Tiger on CD so I'm just going to use those.  I actually do own a copy on DVD so I think I'm ok.