Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> Mar 07 12:43PM -0700 ^
On Mar 6, 2010, at 3:37 PM, dorayme wrote:
> machines. Yes there were instructions but I got cold feet because of
> the length of time it said to do the job - need my G4 for work all
> the time!
The time estimate lies, especially at the beginning
Do you never sleep? You use MA on only one system. Mount the whole
drive , not just you user folder
Yes, I sleep, but not for 18 hours, what do you take me for, some
sort of layabout? I am a hard working visitor to your Earth. It
really was slow through the network on ethernet... <g>
OK, OK ... (I read your further post about my neuroticism <g>)
1. I will make a fresh and tested backup with SuperDuper of my main
working Tiger drive on my QS to my external HD volume via FW and
Superduper.
2. I will wipe the 320GB HD on the Macbook clean with Disk Utility
and get my install disks out.
3. Shall I partition the 320GB HD for a planned purchase and
installation of Fusion or Parallels *at this stage* or not worry
about it? Is this not the time to do this? What would be minimum
recommended size?
4. I will then install Snow from my brand new DVD disks and somewhere
along the way, I will be asked if I want to bring in stuff from
another Mac.
5. I will then connect my MB to the QS backup external drive via USB.
I will connect the two via USB. (No FW on MB). When I am "setting up"
for first time and I am asked if i want to move stuff, I say yes and
I identify *the whole QS back up volume* on the external HD.
6. That's it? MA is "quite smart enough to manage the complexities
involved". I trust you Bruce! Luckily, nothing is mission critical
because I will not need the MB to do serious work for a couple of
weeks. I hope it does not ask me tricky questions along the way.
Excuse me writing all this down but I am trying to generate a clear
algorithm (which I will then *sell* ... <g> (Woody Allen once told
about how his dying grandfather, from his deathbed, tried to *sell*
his pocket watch to Woody...)
Use your Macbook restore disks to restore the Macbook to factory
condition, then when you're setting up the thing for the first time,
plug in the external backup when you're asked if you want to move your
stuff from another Mac.
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dorayme
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