Use target-disk mode to transfer the files. Hold down "T" on boot-up and it will be seen as an external firewire drive. You can then transfer files through firewire.
Good luck! jg On Monday, February 3, 2003, at 10:40 PM, Andre Ruegg wrote: > Thanks, Laurent. I found Carbon Copy Cloner at VersionTracker. > > Just for my own clarity about how to proceed are you suggesting that > rather > than carbon copy my existing OS X system and files from the external > drive > to the iBook that I should upgrade the iBook to 10.2.3 and then copy > the > apps and preferences from their locations? > > Thanks again, > > Andre > > on 2/4/03 12:06 AM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > >> on 03/02/03 23:54, Andre Ruegg at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> I have just received an iBook 800 with 640 MB of ram that I had >>> purchased on >>> eBay. I have been running OS X 10.2.3 on the iMac from an external >>> firewire >>> drive. The iBook OS install disks install OS X 10.2.1. >>> >>> What is the best way for me to upgrade to 10.2.3 and transfer my >>> applications and preferences to the iBook? Are there iBook specific >>> help >>> files, etc. installed on the iBook that I will lose if I simply copy >>> system >>> 10.2.3 from the external drive to the iBook? Anything else I should >>> know >>> about? >> >> You shouldn't try to copy your OS X installation. A simple Finder >> copy won't >> do it since there are files and folders for which you don't have read >> permission. Try to use Carbon Copy Cloner. If I was you, I would just >> re-install OS X from the disk you have. It's then easy to upgrade to >> 10.2.3. >> Then, you can look in your home directory, in Library/Preferences. >> That's >> where most of the preference files are kept. You can usually just >> Finder >> copy the apps you want to keep. There might be other things, however, >> that >> could be left out, like stuff in the /Library directory, but not >> knowing >> what you did exactly install, it's hard to tell. In any case, that >> stuff is >> most likely accessible from the Internet, so if you find you're >> missing >> something, you could always download it again. >> >> -Laurent. > > > -- > G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished > Drives | > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! > | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- >> The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > John Gaskell, Science Instructor Millennium Quest High School, DPS [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
