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-Steve
It can be done though, a number of ways.
• You can boot the G4 to disk (any external HD, Target, anything you can get it to boot from other than it's own HD), "Target Firewire" the G5, use disk utility to erase the G4's disk, and then copy the G5's info over via drag-'n-drop.
•You could create a disk image (.DMG file) using any number of programs (Including Disk Utility), of your G5's Hard Drive and load that onto the G4
•You could buy Norton Ghost
•You could buy Retrospect
The list goes on ... and on ... and on
You could google it ;0)
-- Zak
If I drag and drop will it get the invisible files?
No, not all of them.
If I drag and drop will it get the invisible files?
That depends on what OS you are booted to and what you consider drag & drop. If booted to OS 9, then yes hidden files WILL move. If booted to OS X and using terminal logged in as root, then yes hidden files can be moved. (Though some would not consider using terminal drag & drop, it is just as easy in my opinion.
-- Zak
I purchased Retrospect and have had nothing but troubles getting it to do its job. I am running the latest Panther BTW.
Not to steal this post... My experience with Retrospect
I purchased LaCie 250 GB (Designed by Porche ha!)External Drive per suggestion for compatibility and Retrospect. Retrospect keeps telling me the external drive is busy. Ha! Read the manual. Tried it on SmartDisk as another option- drive is still busy.
My issue seems to be a common one from searching - so I would suggest nix on Retrospect. Unless someone has a fix, my ears are open - I am doing the Disk Image now...
Are you using Retrospect Workgroup Edition?
One forum suggested DataBackup by prosoft... I am testing it out now and works perfectly. Thought I agree Restrospect has a stack of options - DataBackup seems to be the ticked and then some.
I have used Retrospect before on OS 9 and never had any problems. OS X seems to be another issue for me. I guess I will have to sort it out later when I actually have time.
To be honest with you, I couldn't get any other versions of Retrospect other than 'Workgroup' to work correctly for me. I finally made the switch per a suggestion from a client of ours no less. I steped out on a ledge and spent the money. I am not saying it will work for you, I just happened to be fortunate that this person was right, given the number of options Retrospect has. No other program matched the versitility ... but just the same, no others match the finicky-ness of the program either. Go with what works ;0)
-- Zak
Slone
1. Connect the two machines with a firewire cable.
2. Boot the G5 in target disk mode ("t" key on startup).
3. Boot the G4 from it's install disk (in this case a Panther CD)
4. Run Disk Utility > Restore using the mounted G5 as the source and the G4 as the destination.
And that, if it works (which it ought to) will preserve every single file, visible or invisible.
3. Boot the G4 from it's install disk (in this case a Panther CD)
I would be curious to see if this works, as I don't know if the install disk has support for Firewire target mode...let us know how it goes.
