Yes indeed that is what I suggested. Test it first in the G4 after cloning to see if it boots. If it does, then make the R&R.
--- On Wed, 9/23/09, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Moving hard drives from one dual G4 to another To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 2:34 PM On Sep 23, 2009, at 2:19 PM, Mel wrote: > Here is a suggestion that I believe will be better for you. > > Have you considered buying a used second HD. > > If you do, install it as a slave in your current CPU. Use CCC to > clone it. Restart and reboot holding down the option key. When the > arrow appears, click on the slave drive and continue the boot > process. It should boot your CPU. When it does, shut it down and > R&R which ever HD you choose to the other CPU, remembering, if you > choose the slave drive to R&R to convert it into a master. Then > boot from that other HD. It should work. Whaa? What you've described is just rebooting to a different drive in the same system. -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
