Bruce has it right. In target disk mode, there is only the base chipset to make the drive available running. Everything else has been bypassed.
Godfrey -- Godfrey DiGiorgi - godfreydigio...@me.com - 408.431.4601 cell On Aug 28, 2013, at 12:51 PM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Steve, as I understand it, when a Mac is in Target Disk mode it's > running off code in the boot ROM and isn't running an OS at all. So > it's single-tasking and there's no way to get it to do anything else; > probably just as well. > > Larry's suggestion of looking up the model number or serial is > recommended. Try apple.com > > Here's something: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3065 > > > On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: >> Mrs has an old Powerbook G4 and looks like the inverter has died, >> backlight okay. I'm cloning her stuff (via target disk mode) onto an >> external HD so she can boot up in her little world on another machine >> while I get a new board in and swap it out. >> >> I'm lazy - I know I can hook up an external monitor to find this - but >> for the sake of argument and just to see if it is doable, while her sick >> mac is in target disk mode, is there any way to view the specs of her >> actual machine? >> >> EG if I use System Profiler it will obviously display my Mac's hardware >> and even detail her int HD via the Firewire pane, but can't see an easy >> way to spy on her CPU speed (for identifying the right inverter to order...) >> >> Sensible suggestions only please! >> >> -- >> >> >> Cheers, >> Cotty >> >> >> ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, >> || (O) | Web Video Production >> ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> >> _____________________________ >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
