Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive

From	Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive
Date	2017-01-12 17:18 -0700
Message-ID	<D49D6B02.8A372%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink)

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Is there any way to reinstall the OS from the network on an iMac from that
era? I know newer ones let you do so.

I no longer have the DVD that came with the machine and the hard drive
recently died. Will likely just get an external drive and not bother trying
to open the machine.

-- 
"I have never, ever cared about really anything but the Linux desktop."
-- Linus Torvalds

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Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-01-12 17:18 -0700
  Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-13 00:57 +0000
    Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-01-12 18:07 -0700
      Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-12 20:16 -0500
        Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-01-12 18:23 -0700
          Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> - 2017-01-13 07:03 +0100
            Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-01-12 23:16 -0700
              Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-13 06:41 -0500
                Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-01-13 10:23 -0700
                Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> - 2017-01-14 07:29 +0100
      Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-13 04:09 +0000
        Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-01-12 22:15 -0700
          Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-01-14 11:41 -0600
            Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-01-14 12:18 -0700
            Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2017-01-14 22:50 -0500
              Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-15 04:59 +0000

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