On Feb 9, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > > Sounds like you may have all sorts of problems here. Was the Firewire HD > formated as Apple partition map with HFS+ file system? If you didn't reformat > the Firewire drive, it's likely a standard Master Boot Record partition map > with FAT file system that's used on PCs.
This only affects whether a disk is bootable or not, and is an issue at the device level; I think Disk Utility's restore function works at the volume level and I'm almost certain that Migration Assistant would work even on an MBR-formatted drive. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
