On Sep 4, 2009, at 12:30 PM, Tom wrote:
> Come to think of it, Bruce, both drives, the dead one and the one > still running, have (had) bootable 10.5s on them. Which means that > when Time Machine restores the second drive, it will bring in another > OS on top of the freshly installed one. I wonder if that will be a > problem. Time Machine is much smarter than that. It will not restore anything newer than what it has in it's database. Moreover, even if it did, if it's up-to-date, it won't make a difference, because it's just replacing one file with the duplicate. Seriously...you're overthinking the problem...it's a LOT simpler than you think it is. -- 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 a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
