On Nov 6, 2008, at 8:16 PM, insightinmind wrote:
> > > >> >> I assume that each Mac would need its own, dedicated backup partition >> on that external storage, and that it would be bootable. >> >> Would it be feasible, or better even, to use Network-attached Storage >> (NAS) with CCC? I understand that NAS can work via ethernet and Wi- >> Fi. My wife prefers to go Wi-Fi for her MacBook with something like >> Time Capsule. But using the expensive Time Capsule excludes CCC and >> means I'd still need one or more additional external drive(s) to get >> bootable clones of the several Macintoshes' hard drives. >> >> Using Leopard OS X 10.5.2 or later on all machines, and all have >> Airport. > > I tried to use CCC 3.1.2 across my home network between a PCI > Graphics Yikes! running Tiger 10.4.11, and my QS 2002 Dual 1GHz > running Leopard 10.5.5 and hosting the external backup FW drive. I > did the initial backup off the Yikes! connecting the FW drive > directly. > > The QS is connected by a slow USB connected Airlink wireless bar, > with an iffy Zydas driver. > > It should be working, but the connection gets dropped along the > network transfer. I perhaps need a USB 2 card for my QS, so the > Airlink can reach 54Mb in lieu of 11Mb (forgetting the units?). My > Yikes! is connected at 100Mb. > > CCC 3.1.2 has a good description of how to make the link using > Authentication Credentials on each computer, and it wasn't too hard > to follow ... when I wasn't tired. > > I'm backing up Tiger, APPS, DOCS and Classic partitions ... one at a > time from my Yikes! to the QS attached FW drive (or want to when > things get worked out). > > The QS's external FW drive (a 750GB Seagate) also has a partition for > Time Machine's backup of the QS, skipping the partitions for the > Yikes! backup partitions. > > Nice idea if I could get the Westell 327W to stop dropping the > connection, part way through the CCC 3.1.2 update ... Perhaps talking to myself ... but ... I wanted to report success at using CCC 3.1.2 across my Westell 327W network ... backing up 4 partitions from my Yikes! (Tiger, Classic, APPS, DOCS) to an External Firewire OWC Elite (Seagate) off my QS Dual 1GHz ... but only after I replaced my somewhat flaky Airlink3026 USB2 WAN with a Rosewill RC400 10/100/1000 PCI ethernet card (aka Realtec 8169 chipset). Couldn't even sense it was going over the network to the external drive ... Zoom ... Zoom ... Zoom ... Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
