Re: Help in Geraldton. Snow Leopard DVD

2011-01-02 Thread Reg Whitely
Thanks for forwarding my details Ronni. I do hope Martin has resolved his troubles. Reg Reg Whitely Home: 08 9921 7272 Mob: 04 8899 7313 Email: rwhit...@internode.on.net Web: http://web.me.com/whitelyr/Reg/ http://beachlands.wordpress.com On 02/01/2011, at 8:32 am, Ronda Brown wrote:

Help in Geraldton. Snow Leopard DVD

2011-01-01 Thread Martin Hill
Hi all. I have a bit of an emergency up here in Geraldton and wonder if any WAMUG or GMUGers who might be in town would have a snow leopard DVD I could borrow today (and maybe a Disk Warrior or similar CD)? I'm helping run a windsurfing camp at Bluff Point Camp school for a bunch of high

Re: Help in Geraldton. Snow Leopard DVD

2011-01-01 Thread Paul K
Hi I would go back into SU mode and copy the files to the external drive before you do much else. I like rsync: rsync -av /Target /Destination Good luck Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: Help in Geraldton. Snow Leopard DVD

2011-01-01 Thread Ronda Brown
So sorry to hear this Martin, If you can locate another Mac ( an external firewire Drive), and connect to your MBP via Firewire Target Disk Mode, you might be able to see the MBP's hard drive and then be able to get the data over to an external drive attached also to the MBP. I did this just

Re: Help in Geraldton. Snow Leopard DVD

2011-01-01 Thread Reg Whitely
Martin I'm in Australind right now but driving home to Gero today. Can help you later this evening if needed. Call me. We live in Mt Tarcoola. I could get my daughter to get it for you: ph 0488997313 Reg Reg Whitely Home: 08 9921 7272 Mob: 04 8899 7313 Email: rwhit...@internode.on.net Web:

Re: Help in Geraldton. Snow Leopard DVD

2011-01-01 Thread Ronda Brown
Ooops, of course I meant to type get the data over to the external drive attached to the 'good' mac not your dead MBP. I was using my MBP connected to a dead iMac ;-( sorry for the rush email mistake) Ronni On 02/01/2011, at 8:32 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: So sorry to hear this Martin, If

Re: Help in Geraldton. Snow Leopard DVD

2011-01-01 Thread Kyle Kreusch
Hi all and Martin I will be out most of the morning but should be back around 2 PM You can try to contact me one of the following ways on my website if you can't reach me leave me a message on my Australian telephone number and I will call you back immediately after I arrive home.

Re: Help in Geraldton. Snow Leopard DVD

2011-01-01 Thread Martin Hill
Thanks Ronni, I don't have access to another Mac here or I would indeed have done the target disc trick. Thanks Reg for getting back to me, I'll get in touch off the list. Great to see our Geraldton chapter in action on a Sunday - much appreciated! Paul I may indeed try out the rsync option

Re: Help in Geraldton. Snow Leopard DVD

2011-01-01 Thread Martin Hill
Thanks heaps Kyle, we're heading off sandboarding now but I'll give you a buzz after 2pm if Reg isn't in town by then. Thanks for all the options guys! -Mart Sent from my iPhone On 02/01/2011, at 11:27 AM, Kyle Kreusch kylekreu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all and Martin I will be out most of

Re: Help in Geraldton. Snow Leopard DVD

2011-01-01 Thread Paul K
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Martin Hill marth...@iinet.net.au wrote: Paul I may indeed try out the rsync option if other options don't work. It has saved me when no other method could properly access a disk. I've been told it error checks along the way which is good, the person telling

Re: Help in Geraldton. Snow Leopard DVD

2011-01-01 Thread Graham Byatt
I can loan you a mini or an imac and/or a firwire drive. I'm in Dongara but happy to drive up to Gero for a change of scenery. Graham 0427 604858 9927 2039 On 02/01/2011, at 8:27 AM, Paul K wrote: Hi I would go back into SU mode and copy the files to the external drive before you

Re: Help in Geraldton. Snow Leopard DVD

2011-01-01 Thread Martin Hill
Hey thanks heaps for the offer Graham. Hopefully we'll be okay with the other offers, but I'll keep you in mind! Very helpful gang up here in Geraldton/Dongara. :-) -Mart Sent from my iPhone On 02/01/2011, at 1:34 PM, Graham Byatt gr...@westnet.com.au wrote: I can loan you a mini or an