On Aug 10, 2009, at 4:04 PM, MacGuy wrote:
> > here's the question.... > > We all know that the "grey disks" that come with each particular new > mac are "machine specific" BUT.... once installed, is that > installation still bound to that particular mac or can the hard drive > theoretically be installed into any other mac that supports it and > booted from it without problems? > Yes, but that key bit is 'that supports it' is the issue here. > I have a 10.5.8 install/backup sata hd (CCC) that was made on a new > mac mini.... I need to install it into my G5 tower (and boot from it). > Can this be done? Jeff Probably not.Much of OSX is universal, but, for example, the expected boot partition scheme for PPC and Intel Macs are different. Generally speaking, if you go from PPC to PPC and Intel to Intel, your idea would work, but I really doubt it would work Intel to PPC. You cannot harm anything by trying, though. It will just not work if it won't work. -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
