On Apr 10, 2008, at 10:37 AM, Ann Richmond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> After much expert advice and counsel from the group I have additional
> memory for the lampshade imac and OS 10.5!!
> I am wondering if I would be able to move the system folder  
> currently on
> the imac (10.3.9) to an external firewire drive to be able to boot  
> from
> it if I wanted access to classic?
> Can I do that? Should I?
> I guess I need to decide these things before I make any changes.(
> Sometimes I only think of things like that when I've already done
> something I shouldn't have...)

Ann,

Don't simply move it. It won't work. Use Carbon Copy Cloner or  
SuperDuper. THEN it should work fine. There are a lot of invisible  
files that need to be there that a drag copy won't catch.

I know at least SuperDuper is free for what you need to do.

j.


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Jonathan Fletcher
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