At 9:56 AM -0700 12/9/2008, Bruce Johnson wrote: >On Dec 9, 2008, at 9:10 AM, Dan wrote: > >> tells me that to use Time Machine to an external hard drive from a >>> PowerPC-based Mac, the drive must be initialized with Apple Partition >>> Map partition scheme. From an Intel Mac, it must be initialized with >>> GUID partition scheme. So I would need two separate external drives >>> to handle a G4 and three Intel Macs. >> >> There is a bad information inconsistency here, as you've discovered. >> >> What we thought we knew was: >> 1. PowerPC-based Macs can only boot from APM disks. >> 2. x86-based Macs can only boot from GUID disks. > >Neither Time Machine or Time Capsule drives are BOOTABLE, so the >partition scheme does not matter.
ROFLMAO. hum. Good point! oh boy. I guess my brain is caught in a CCC/SuperDuper rut. Because those tools make a USEFUL volume, I just figured that TM should also... LOL - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
