On Aug 10, 2009, at 4:46 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> > > 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. > > Next question... can I use "migration assistant" to bring all personal files/folders/mail/music etc. from the intel to PPC? Jeff --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
