> > John: > > Taking your original post and your second question at face value, NO, > a CCC disk image is not bootable, but YES, you can restore a volume > with it and that volume would be bootable. However, this is not the > way most people use CCC, which is to not make a disk image but to make > a bootable clone directly on an alternate volume. > > The CCC web site has excellent documentation: > http://www.bombich.com/ccc_support.html > You can download it for convenient reference. CCC's disk image > capability is useful for some folks with unusual needs. At: > http://help.bombich.com/faqs/dmg-and-remote/dimages > there is this statement: "(* Disk images themselves are not bootable, > but you can mount them and restore their content to a physical hard > drive to produce a bootable, exact replica of the original)." > Also, you can restore either by using CCC or Disk Utility: > http://help.bombich.com/faqs/dmg-and-remote/dmg-restore > > Hope this meets your desires.
Ok I know now that I can't boot the image but I stll can't get the image to restore to a HDD. I keep getting a helper error with Disk Utility. The reason to make the images is to store many volumes on a HDD without partitioning?? John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- 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
