I was going to suggest the same thing. Several months ago, I tried to transfer my home directory to another iMac using the firewire hook-up mode. If I just tried to copy the whole thing at once, it always crashed. So I had to take it folder by folder. which is actually a real pane. Maybe you could use a copy utility like cc cloner and tell it to make a copy of your iMac onto the g4? Then you don't have to sit at the computer all day copying folder after folder. :-)
Mike On Sunday, June 9, 2002, at 10:03 am, John Haumann wrote: > > I'm trying to remember the specifics of something I read in the past few > days that related to problems with extremely large volume transfers over > ethernet. I vaguely recall that it involved just what you are > attempting. The solution was to make multiple smaller transfers rather > than trying to transfer the entire contents all at once. I seem to > remember that 150-200 MB chunks transferred without incident, but > dragging the entire volume onto another disk would result in problems as > you have described. > > John at Wood-n-Shavings, Inc. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
