Thats kind of what I figured. The MacBook Pro is old enough to run 10.4. What about cloning the system onto the MBP's HD?
-Jonas On 3/27/10, Jim Scott <jesco...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mar 27, 2010, at 5:26 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: > >> Hi, quick question here for a friend - He is wanting to know if it >> would be possible to take the hard drive out of his G5 PowerMac >> running Tiger, and slip it into an external case, hook the case to a >> MacBook Pro, and boot off the system that the G5 was running. Would >> that be possible? I realize one is PPC and the other Intel. >> > > In order for an Intel Mac to boot from any disk, external or internal, it > needs to be formatted via Disk Utility using the GUID Partition Table. The > Intel Mac will see the ex-G5 external hard drive formatted as an Apple > Partition Map disk, but will not be able to boot from it. > > That's the first problem. The second problem is that if the MacBook Pro is > an early 2008 or newer model, it will not be able to boot from OS X 10.4.11 > since it shipped with 10.5.x or newer. > > -- Jim Scott > > -- > 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 > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > g3-5-list+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words > "REMOVE ME" as the subject. > -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
