Yes, if I can work Time Machine from the Leopard installer disk, you're right, I should be able to restore to both new drives in a single step. What I would do is just install the two new, empty drives, then fire up Time Machine from the installer disk, and tell TM to restore first one disk and then the other. If that's all there is to it, this should be simple.
I paid for two-day shipping from OWC, so the drives might show up today. If not, the Labor Day holiday, in which no one labors, including FedEx I presume, will delay their delivery for a few more days, drat it. Whenever they do show up, I'll report here how well the restoration project goes. I have a 1 TB external drive plugged into the firewire slot on the front of the G5, and that's the one that Time Machine backs up to. Your suggestion that the currently working drive in the G5 be backed up to another storage device before trying any of this Time Machine stuff makes good sense, and I'll do that. Thanks. Tom --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
