On May 7, 2009, at 8:18 AM, Kirk Morrison wrote:
> > My G4 sawtooth, came with OS X.2 and I found the right install of 3, > I want to do the switch, what would be the best way to do it? I can > even replace the drive if need be as I have a spare 30 Gig sitting > in a box, it is brand new. That would probably be the best, becasue if this is the original drive in the G4 it's probably only 6 or 10 gigs, right? Put in the 30 gig (leave in the existing drive). Use Carbon Copy CLoner to copy your existing boot volume to the 30 gig drive. Boot from the 10.3 CD, and after you seelct the 30G drive to install on, click on the Options button in the installer. Choose Archive & Install and leave preserve user settings checked. This keeps all your user accounts but gives you a clean System install. You will have to re-install any 3rd party system drivers and pref panes; for example, when I do this I've got to re-install things like my Kensington and Wacom drivers. Once the new drive is upgraded and running well, you can reformat the old drive and use it for additional storage or a backup boot systems, etc. -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
