If the OS is comparable for both CPUs, it seems that you can make the mechanical transfer of the HD and boot without incident.
I've swapped boot HDs and booted the receiving CPU without incident several times among various G4s but none newer than a DA. E.G. Swapping a boot HD from a DP DA to a Sawtooth and vice versa. Anyone have a different experience? Mel --- On Wed, 9/23/09, mkehoe <mirake...@gmail.com> wrote: From: mkehoe <mirake...@gmail.com> Subject: Moving hard drives from one dual G4 to another To: "G-Group" <g3-5-list@googlegroups.com> Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 1:42 AM I need to move my internal hard drives, including the start-up drive from a G4 dual 867mHz to a G4 1.25mHz. They are from the same line, August 2002. I have made a clone of the start-up as a back-up copy. Can I just move the hard drives from the 867 to the 1.25, and boot up the 1.25, or is there some intermediate step I'm unaware of? (The 867 is working, but the power supply is going, and it was cheaper to buy this used 1.25) I plan to keep the 867 for parts. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
