On Dec 9, 2008, at 9:10 AM, Dan wrote:
>> tells me that to use Time Machine to an external hard drive from a >> PowerPC-based Mac, the drive must be initialized with Apple Partition >> Map partition scheme. From an Intel Mac, it must be initialized with >> GUID partition scheme. So I would need two separate external drives >> to handle a G4 and three Intel Macs. > > There is a bad information inconsistency here, as you've discovered. > > What we thought we knew was: > 1. PowerPC-based Macs can only boot from APM disks. > 2. x86-based Macs can only boot from GUID disks. Neither Time Machine or Time Capsule drives are BOOTABLE, so the partition scheme does not matter. Restoration is done via booting from the System DVD, then choosing restore from Time Machine or Time capsule volume. (I know, I was looking at doing that just yesterday...my system crashed in a very strange way, but an A&R fixed it.) -- 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 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
