Correct me if this is wrong, but if I am able to do a full backup using either CCC or Disk Utility, I would be safe in attempting to do an archive and restore installation - assuming I remove one of the 256 MB RAM chips. If I did this, would I have to re-install all my applications again? Obviously I'd have to do all the software updates. But I'm thinking that I might be able to eliminate problems with permissions this way and possibly any corrupt components from the current install.
Use CCC. I assume you're thinking of backing up to a FW device. Definitely the best way to go. If you do this and subsequently do an archive and install you should be OK. The Panther installer won't clobber stuff you've added to any of the folder hierarchies such as /Application and /Library. (Actually, this changed in Jag too but I'm not sure exactly when...)
FW is not an option to me. I don't have any FW devices nor FW equipped machines. And my biggest SCSI drive is too small for a complete clone. I was hoping to connect to the 'Family' iMac and create my back-up on a partition of its drive that I have been unable to mount lately...
Keep in mind that if you do an archive and install that you probably don't want to be preserving current users and network settings. This shouldn't matter if you have a complete backup as you'll be able to restore bits and pieces of your home directory as needed. As long as you don't completely replace your new home directory with your old you should be good to go.
Hrmm. Isn't that kind of how I got to where I am now? No... You are suggesting using some finesse this time!
Thanks! Dave
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