September 14, 2006

Install OSX 10.4 (Tiger) on an eMac with iPod

Due to the fact that my eMac has no DVD-Drive and the update for 10.4 is on a DVD, I had to get to a workaround, which works quite well.
First you need to rip the OSX DVD with a program of your choice. (Toast/Drop DMG on mac or there is a program for windows called TransMac)
In transmac select “Tools”->”Disk/CD Image”->”Save Image of disk/CD”

After transferring the *.dmg image to the eMac, connect the iPod with the firewire cable, go to “Disk Utility” an select the iPod.
Erase it.
Restore it, when it asks you what to restore , select the image we made from the DVD before.

Restart the Mac and hold the < option > key during startup to boot from the iPod.

You should now be able to install OSX 10.4 on your DVD-Drive-less eMac.

Add: Somehow it is not possible to boot from the iPod 5G (and i think its the same for iPod 5.5G) with firewire cable :/

Wii.com online

Yippie www.wii.com is online. Sofar only japanese, but it tells me enough. Seems I have to buy my Wii in Japan when I am there in Christmas. The good think is that Zelda is on the go when they release it :) The only think i missed, or maybe i overread it, is the release for europe.

Speedtouch 510 ADSL modem to Router

My configuration for the internet was normally with a Speedtouch 510 Modem and a Netgear 814 WLAN Router. The Router sucked, crashes when you have more than 100 connections. So I read around and realized that it is possible to use the Modem, which is in fact a Router with DHCP etc as a ROUTER :)

First of all you need to get the FW update here .

Now you need to update the firmware. I suggest you backup your old config, just in case.

Next u restart the Router once and disconnect it from the splitter.

In “Advance” -> “System” you select this configuration file and upload it. This configuration file is for the Austrian Provider AON. Just have a look in the config and change DNS adress as you wish.

Next you should put in your User and password, “save all” and restart.

Have fun!

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