On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Bill Connelly<billycarm...@verizon.net> wrote:
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> On Aug 28, 2009, at 7:55 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote:
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>> OK, the HD that came in this G4 is dying
>> I cloned the HD to another HD I own
>> I then tried to swap out the HDs after telling (in System Prefs) he
>> machine to boot from the new HD
>> However, it REFUSES to boot unless the old failing HD is present.
>> How do I force he machine to let me take out the bad HD?
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>
> Meant to also say ... As long as you CCC cloned it correctly, it
> should be bootable.
>
> Did it appear in CCC as "This volume will be bootable"?
I formatted the new HD using Disk Utility
CCC says it will not boot PowerPC Macs as they must be partitioned
with the Apple Partition Map format (it is formatted JUST like the old
HD....Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
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