Re: OS 10.4 to Thumbdrive

2009-09-01 Thread Nestamicky
On 8/31/09 5:08 PM, Paul wrote: inding a USB 2.0 card (much faster) that lets you boot might take a bit of work. Paul, would you please say how this is really done? I know it's a complex process in windoze. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because

Re: OS 10.4 to Thumbdrive

2009-08-31 Thread Paul
I had a USB 2 card (NEC chipset) that worked fine in a PC and would not work right under Tiger on a Mac. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

Re: OS 10.4 to Thumbdrive

2009-08-27 Thread PM7500
Or use an external drive. I recently bought a 1.5tb USB drive for my Digital Audio for $150 for holding all my media files that the internal drive was too small to handle. You also don't have to worry about the large drive limitation when you use an external drive. My internal drive is now

OS 10.4 to Thumbdrive

2009-08-26 Thread Jasiu
I have a G4 Sawtooth 400 MHZ machine running 10.4.11. I want to put a larger HD in. How do I go about saving thew OS that is currently on it? Can I put it on a thumbdrive? Will it boot from it? Thanks --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you

Re: OS 10.4 to Thumbdrive

2009-08-26 Thread Dan
At 8:27 AM -0700 8/26/2009, Jasiu wrote: G4 Sawtooth 400 MHZ machine running 10.4.11. I want to put a larger HD in. Just add another drive! Use the original drive for the operating system, applications, and your basic user files. Use the new drive for your other / big stuff - movies,

Re: OS 10.4 to Thumbdrive

2009-08-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Aug 26, 2009, at 8:27 AM, Jasiu wrote: I have a G4 Sawtooth 400 MHZ machine running 10.4.11. I want to put a larger HD in. How do I go about saving thew OS that is currently on it? Can I put it on a thumbdrive? Will it boot from it? Thanks The sawtooth accommodates two hard drives

Re: OS 10.4 to Thumbdrive

2009-08-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Aug 26, 2009, at 9:47 AM, Dan wrote: Will it boot from it? Um I think Sawtooth can boot from a USB device. So then it probably would boot from a flash drive. Bruce? Someone? yes? I've read that it can, but since the built-in is USB 1.1 I've never been patient enough to try.

Re: OS 10.4 to Thumbdrive

2009-08-26 Thread Jasiu
I do have two hard drives. The one with the OS is a 10 GB drive with 1.6 GB left. The other drive is an 80 GB drive with 73 GB left. I though I had moved over the applications and such from the smaller one to the larger one, but perhaps I've missed a few. What is safe to move over? On Aug

Re: OS 10.4 to Thumbdrive

2009-08-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Aug 26, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Jasiu wrote: I do have two hard drives. The one with the OS is a 10 GB drive with 1.6 GB left. The other drive is an 80 GB drive with 73 GB left. I though I had moved over the applications and such from the smaller one to the larger one, but perhaps I've

Re: OS 10.4 to Thumbdrive

2009-08-26 Thread Jasiu
So I am confused now. Do I need to use Copy Clone to put the entire disc on the larger one? Or can I just add the user directory files to the larger one? Do I use terminal or is it just a draga nd drop kinda thing? On Aug 26, 4:37 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Aug

Re: OS 10.4 to Thumbdrive

2009-08-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Aug 26, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Jasiu wrote: So I am confused now. Do I need to use Copy Clone to put the entire disc on the larger one? Or can I just add the user directory files to the larger one? Do I use terminal or is it just a draga nd drop kinda thing? Well, my first advice was

Re: OS 10.4 to Thumbdrive

2009-08-26 Thread Dan
At 1:44 PM -0700 8/26/2009, Jasiu wrote: So I am confused now. Do I need to use Copy Clone to put the entire disc on the larger one? Or can I just add the user directory files to the larger one? Do I use terminal or is it just a draga nd drop kinda thing? Use Carbon Copy Cloner to do the