| Re: Network G5 to Macbook Pro to share superdrive [message #109824 is a reply to message #109809] |
Sun, 08 September 2013 19:06  |
Bruce Johnson
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On Sep 6, 2013, at 10:24 PM, Fernando Chavez <nando.356@grandecom.net> wrote:
> On 08/15/2013 09:23 PM, arichicago@gmail.com wrote:
>> I need to upgrade a macbook pro to 10.6, but the internal dvd won't
>> work. My G5 has a working dvd drive, but, of course, the 10.6 drive
>> won't run any intel installer for me.
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>> I am under the impression that it is possible to network the G5 and
>> the MBP such that they can share the G5's dvd drive, and yet load the
>> 10.6 installer---as if the G5 was an external dvd. So, very simply,
>> how do I do this, step by step? I only have an ethernet cable and a
>> USB cable.
>>
> In order for you to utilize a remote drive you will need to network the computer with the required cd/ dvd-rw component. In this case via router or switch. Do you have a 4 port router?
All macs since (iirc) sometime during the G3 era have had autosensing ethernet ports; all you need to connect them is an ethernet cable.
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