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Il giorno 1-11-2011 21:35, David W. Morris ha scritto: I have tried Carbon Copy Cloner, but with zero success. [...] There must be a system password that I do not know, or an Avid Meridian password that I do not have, because when I try to copy the system files, the OS, or the Avid Meridian software to a different hard drive First, if you copy just part of the whole setup, you won't likely succeed. Copy protetcted software, usually puts some hidden files somewhere: if you don't know exactly what and where, it's likely you'll miss something. The usual way is to clone the whole disk/partition, as faithfully as possible (and, eventually, deleting unused stuff later). Besides, there can be hidden/system files that won't be copied in the normal way. Tools like CCC can copy even those files, so they usually succeed (but not always; sometimes I lost my registration even using CCC). A Block copy should be the safest method. I get a password request that I can't get past to complete the copy process. Aha! This can be your problem. To copy/alter some system files/areas, OSX asks you the password; even CCC (or the like) has to pass through that. If you don't have the password, the copy operation will abort, or it won't be complete. A way to override that limit, is booting from another OSX installation (where you DO KNOW the password), and cloning the target disk from there (in other words, the password is about the system you're using/booting from, not the one you're cloning). Ask me more info if I didn't make myself clear. NB: To do this cloning you have to use OSX, since OS9 doesn't know how to handle the OSX system/hidden files. Or, you could use some Linux disk tool, but I have no knowledge about that. The Avid Meridian software uses an USB dongle, so I am confused why they would also require password protection When someone is paranoid about copy protection, he can think The more, the better. ;-) Or, the password you're missing is the OSX password (and has nothing to do with the Avid software). to copy or move the files. If the latter is the case, it's OSX requesting the password (for safety reason). The same password request happens when you install some new software. If you don't have the system password, you're limited in the way you can manage OSX: you are working as a simple user, not the administrator. -- 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 focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
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On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 9:32 PM, AmigaDave bbh...@gmail.com wrote: Hello one and all of the G-Group. I currently have too many G3, G4 and G5 Mac computers, but I am trying to sell some of them. In case you're not aware, LEM has a separate Swap list on Google Groups too. Buy, sell, trade, and sometimes free-for-shipping. For example, I need to clone the hard drive in my dual 1.25GHz G4 PowerMac which has an Avid Meridian video editing system installed in it. Carbon Copy Cloner. It makes exact clones of whatever's on the drive. It'll definitely make a bootable copy of an OS9 drive. (come to think of it, I need to see if it'll do a clone of a CentOS drive I have... Anyone know?) -- 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 focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
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Welcome. Before I switched to Mac, I was an Amiga Man too. Larry Hello one and all of the G-Group. I currently have too many G3, G4 and G5 Mac computers, but I am trying to sell some of them. My interest in them is in using both MacOS (versions 9 and 10) and MorphOS on these fine old systems. For those that don't know what MorphOS is, it is a re-write of AmigaOS3.1 for PPC hardware and it started out 11 years ago on Phase5 PPC accelerator boards for the Amiga A1200, A3000 A4000 computers. It is a very lightweight operating system, dubbed the Lightning OS. Although I like MacOS9 and MacOSX and use 10.5.8 for most of my computing needs, I support the growth and expansion of MorphOS and hope to be able to use it as my primary operating system very soon. MorphOS3.0 is about to be released and will include support for the last few G4 PowerBooks produced by Apple (models 1106, 1107, 1138, and 1139). MorphOS2.7 is the currently released version and it supports all G4 Mac Mini's, the 1.25GHz 1.42GHz G4 eMac's, almost all G4 PowerMacs, as long as you install an ATI Radeon video card in them. For Mac owners that no longer enjoy using MacOS9, or MacOSX on their slower G4 Mac hardware, you might want to give MorphOS a try, as it is a free download for the 30 minute time limited demo version. After the 30 minutes expire the system slows to a crawl until you restart your computer and then you have another 30 minutes of unrestricted speed for free. If you like it you can purchase a license keyfile that will remove the time limitation and all updates are free for registered users. Proof of concept demonstrations of MorphOS have also been shown on a dual 2.7GHz G5 PowerMac and a 2.1GHz G5 iMac, though the developers have stated that they are concentrating on work to perfect MorphOS for the currently supported G4 Mac hardware before they spend any time working on porting MorphOS to the G5 models. Release of MorphOS3.0 with support for the 1.67GHz G4 PowerBooks will be a huge step forward for all Amiga Like operating systems. MorphOS is capable of running most AmigaOS3.1 friendly software natively by using a 680x0 to PPC Just-in-Time compiler/interpreter. There are also many new MorphOS native applications and games, or ports of applications and games from other platforms. I am bound to have many questions for the Mac users on this list, as my experience with MacOSX is limited to only the last 5 years or so. For example, I need to clone the hard drive in my dual 1.25GHz G4 PowerMac which has an Avid Meridian video editing system installed in it. I bought 7 of these systems from a studio that was upgrading their studio, with the break-out boxes for audio and video input/ output and USB dongles, but one of the systems had a damaged hard drive and I am trying to restore use of the Avid Meridian editing hardware and software by cloning the hard drive from one computer to another. Since I have the USB dongles for all of the systems and both the PCI cards inside the computer and the break-out boxes for input/ output, plus the USB dongles are required to use the software, I don't see why the software on the hard drive would be protected from copying, but it apparently is, as I have been unsuccessful in my attempts to copy the Avid software from one hard drive to another. Any help would be appreciated. I can also use Ubuntu PPC 10.10 to clone the drive, if there are any tools for Linux that would be easier to use than trying to do it with MacOSX. The Avid Meridian software only runs on MacOS9.2.2, if that makes any difference to any of you trying to help me. Thanks and I hope to get to know more of you on this list in the future. Regards, AmigaDave -- 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 focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- 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 focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
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Hi Bill, thanks for the reply to my questions. I have tried Carbon Copy Cloner, but with zero success. I probably did something wrong and will try it again. The hard drives that came with the Avid Meridian software and MacOS9.2.2 MacOSX10.2.6 on them are set up to boot to the desktop with a blank password and a user name of Wexler Video. There must be a system password that I do not know, or an Avid Meridian password that I do not have, because when I try to copy the system files, the OS, or the Avid Meridian software to a different hard drive, I get a password request that I can't get past to complete the copy process. The Avid Meridian software uses an USB dongle, so I am confused why they would also require password protection to copy or move the files. (Yes, I have all of the USB dongles for each of the 7 systems) I have 4 IDE hard drives in the dual 1.25GHz G4 MDD PowerMac as follows: 1. 6gb hard drive removed from a G3 iMac with MacOS9.2.2 on it that works and boots on the dual 1.25GHz G4 MDD PowerMac 2. 160gb hard drive w/MorphOS2.7 installed on it, which also boots through the boot option screen when the Option key is held down while booting. 3. 120gb hard drive w/Ubuntu10.10 PPC installed on it (I think I have forgotten the password for this installation and may need to re- install, or recover the password somehow. I am a total noob with Linux of any flavor) 4. Empty 80gb hard drive formatted for Mac w/HFS+ file system that I hope to use as the drive to clone the original drive that came with these video/audio editing systems that came from a production studio in Hollywood, CA about a year ago with Avid Meridian cards and input/ output break-out boxes, as well as an ATTO Fibre Channel card. (in fact, I have 2 or 3 sets of Avid Meridian cards and break-out boxes for sale to anyone who has a G4 PowerMac and wants to play around with audio/video editing. I am trying to sell them on eBay, but if you are interested, let me know. I can sell them cheap and you can have a $3,000+ editing system for literally pennies on the dollar) Since MorphOS2.7 takes up so little hard drive space (the entire OS plus several apps, like the Odyssey1.15 web browser and others, only takes up about 165mb of hard drive space), I was thinking of moving it to the 6gb hard drive. Then I would use the 160gb hard drive for MacOSX10.5.8, with one partition for data storage of media files that I could access as a shared partition from all OSes I use on this computer. I would then keep the Linux Ubuntu10.10 PPC (or later) install on the 120gb hard drive, with perhaps half of that drive partitioned as another data storage partition shared between all OSes on this computer. Finally, I wish to clone the 80gb hard drive that is in an identical computer that I sold to a friend which has a good install of the Avid Meridian audio/video editing software that runs the PCI cards and break-out boxes. It came from the production studio with MacOS9.2.2 and MacOSX10.2.6 together on the same partition. I don't need the MacOSX10.2.6 part of that install, but it will probably be easier to do an exact clone of that drive to my empty 80gb MacOS HFS + formatted hard drive and then if I want, I could later try to delete the 10.2.6 install and just leave the MacOS9.2.2 on that drive, as that is the OS that the Avid Meridian software runs under. What is CentOS? I will have to look it up. Thanks also for the link to the list netiquette guide. I will read it when I have some free time, so I don't make too many mistakes on the list. Sorry for the long post, I hope it has not offended or bored most of the members of this list. If anyone has any suggestions that can help me accomplish what I have outlined above, I will really appreciate your help. If posting such help on the list will just be a waste of bandwidth, you can email me directly. Thanks again, David aka AmigaDave On Oct 31, 2011, at 10:52 PM, Bill Christensen wrote: On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 9:32 PM, AmigaDave bbh...@gmail.com wrote: Hello one and all of the G-Group. I currently have too many G3, G4 and G5 Mac computers, but I am trying to sell some of them. In case you're not aware, LEM has a separate Swap list on Google Groups too. Buy, sell, trade, and sometimes free-for-shipping. For example, I need to clone the hard drive in my dual 1.25GHz G4 PowerMac which has an Avid Meridian video editing system installed in it. Carbon Copy Cloner. It makes exact clones of whatever's on the drive. It'll definitely make a bootable copy of an OS9 drive. (come to think of it, I need to see if it'll do a clone of a CentOS drive I have... Anyone know?) -- 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 focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at
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Hello one and all of the G-Group. I currently have too many G3, G4 and G5 Mac computers, but I am trying to sell some of them. My interest in them is in using both MacOS (versions 9 and 10) and MorphOS on these fine old systems. For those that don't know what MorphOS is, it is a re-write of AmigaOS3.1 for PPC hardware and it started out 11 years ago on Phase5 PPC accelerator boards for the Amiga A1200, A3000 A4000 computers. It is a very lightweight operating system, dubbed the Lightning OS. Although I like MacOS9 and MacOSX and use 10.5.8 for most of my computing needs, I support the growth and expansion of MorphOS and hope to be able to use it as my primary operating system very soon. MorphOS3.0 is about to be released and will include support for the last few G4 PowerBooks produced by Apple (models 1106, 1107, 1138, and 1139). MorphOS2.7 is the currently released version and it supports all G4 Mac Mini's, the 1.25GHz 1.42GHz G4 eMac's, almost all G4 PowerMacs, as long as you install an ATI Radeon video card in them. For Mac owners that no longer enjoy using MacOS9, or MacOSX on their slower G4 Mac hardware, you might want to give MorphOS a try, as it is a free download for the 30 minute time limited demo version. After the 30 minutes expire the system slows to a crawl until you restart your computer and then you have another 30 minutes of unrestricted speed for free. If you like it you can purchase a license keyfile that will remove the time limitation and all updates are free for registered users. Proof of concept demonstrations of MorphOS have also been shown on a dual 2.7GHz G5 PowerMac and a 2.1GHz G5 iMac, though the developers have stated that they are concentrating on work to perfect MorphOS for the currently supported G4 Mac hardware before they spend any time working on porting MorphOS to the G5 models. Release of MorphOS3.0 with support for the 1.67GHz G4 PowerBooks will be a huge step forward for all Amiga Like operating systems. MorphOS is capable of running most AmigaOS3.1 friendly software natively by using a 680x0 to PPC Just-in-Time compiler/interpreter. There are also many new MorphOS native applications and games, or ports of applications and games from other platforms. I am bound to have many questions for the Mac users on this list, as my experience with MacOSX is limited to only the last 5 years or so. For example, I need to clone the hard drive in my dual 1.25GHz G4 PowerMac which has an Avid Meridian video editing system installed in it. I bought 7 of these systems from a studio that was upgrading their studio, with the break-out boxes for audio and video input/ output and USB dongles, but one of the systems had a damaged hard drive and I am trying to restore use of the Avid Meridian editing hardware and software by cloning the hard drive from one computer to another. Since I have the USB dongles for all of the systems and both the PCI cards inside the computer and the break-out boxes for input/ output, plus the USB dongles are required to use the software, I don't see why the software on the hard drive would be protected from copying, but it apparently is, as I have been unsuccessful in my attempts to copy the Avid software from one hard drive to another. Any help would be appreciated. I can also use Ubuntu PPC 10.10 to clone the drive, if there are any tools for Linux that would be easier to use than trying to do it with MacOSX. The Avid Meridian software only runs on MacOS9.2.2, if that makes any difference to any of you trying to help me. Thanks and I hope to get to know more of you on this list in the future. Regards, AmigaDave -- 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 focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
