Thanks, I think the existing drive is a 16 but it is a bit small, and I will follow your advice the 4 choices for install confused me as to what would be best. I have had to use Bloze to long as my late wife had to have it for work, only 2 choices there, so as soon as I get the G4 fairly modern in OS X. Then the Bloze machine is going to freecycle and I will save up for a newer Mac. It is a big step up though from my Quadra 6800 AV<G>
Kirk "He who has honor need not fear death." Eva Marie LeGrand Morrison 5/24/1958-6/26/2008 My beloved wife, and my best friend, I miss you > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Switching to OS X.3 > Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 08:23:49 -0700 > > > > 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 > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® goes with you. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Mobile1_052009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
