At 7:34 AM -0700 8/12/2011, Don Wakefield wrote:
Leopard 10.5.8 on a trusty E-Mac
LaCie 1TB hd
How can this be used as a Time Machine (and boot Mac should that be
necessary?)
You cannot directly boot from a Time Machine volume. The path for TM
is to boot from your OS DVD then restore your HD from the TM data.
If you really want to boot directly on the external, then create a
bootable clone of your system, using CarbonCopyCloner.
Personally, I don't trust TM as far as I can throw it. I'd just use
CCC and its archiving feature. IN the alternative, partition the
drive. Use one for TM and the other to hold a CCC'd bootable clone.
Is there a converter device which will make the LaCie usb hd look
like Firewire to my Mac?
No. Better to figure out why you gots the wrong model box.
Is there a software hack which will make the PPC Mac be happy to
boot from a usb device?
Many powerpc based Macs will boot from USB.
Try googling on "emac usb boot"
- Dan.
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