how to install OS X panther DVD without just a CD drive in a lombard powerbook

No dice. Only option for a Lombard is yank the drive and put it into an external Firewire case. Plug the case into something that has a FW port and a DVD drive and install onto the external.

Yea I thought that might be the only solution. I think i will either order Panther on CD's from one of the U.S. sources I have found or just leave the lombard as is and upgrade to a newer Mac of some sort in the near future.

gord said:

A friend of mine loaned me some Emac grey OS X 10.3 panther DVD discs

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Hi,

I believe those discs are machine specific and won't install on to any other computer but that model of eMac.

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Digital_Gary said:

No dice. Only option for a Lombard is yank the drive and put it into an external Firewire case. Plug the case into something that has a FW port and a DVD drive and install onto the external.

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Why not just get a SCSI enclosure and put a DVD drive in it? That should work since the Lombard can be booted from SCSI. An alternative is to enable Target Disk Mode by holdint T at boot time while the Lombard is connected to another SCSI equipped Mac which has a DVD drive. But I think you need a special SCSI adapter or cable for SCSI target disk mode, if I remember correctly. I used to have a SCSI adapter that had a switch on it that toggled between normal SCSI mode and target disk mode.

But it's probably a moot point since as mr.steevo points out, installers are often machine specific.