hello simon,
so my best bet is use carbon copy to copy my osx partition to my external firewire drive, reformat my disk, do my os9 install on a small partition, use carbon copy to copy everything back to a big partition and then boot into that???! makes sence, i'll give it a try, cheers, jake on 5/4/02 11:49, simonmartin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jake, >> >> can i literally copy the entire osx partition onto a hd (firewire), >> reformat >> the drive and then copy back? or am i heading for a world of pain... > > World of pain. Don't go there. Apparently there are loads of invisible > links internal to OSX which will break if you just copy in a > conventional way. Go to version tracker and search for "Carbon Copy > Cloner". It works a treat and the developer is a nice guy who will > respond to any feedback. > > Good luck > > Simon -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
