On Aug 26, 2:11 pm, john CARMONNE <carmo...@aol.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 1:35 PM, John Carmonne <carmo...@aol.com> > > wrote: > > Hi all > > > I want to know before I take a chance here if a CCC image is > > bootable I see the option as a read only image so can that image be > > booted? > > Also can I restore a volume with it? > > Well the link above clarified the image boot question but now the > remaining question is how can I restore the image? I can't get Disk > utility to do it. It keeps saying there's a problem. With helper file.
John: Taking your original post and your second question at face value, NO, a CCC disk image is not bootable, but YES, you can restore a volume with it and that volume would be bootable. However, this is not the way most people use CCC, which is to not make a disk image but to make a bootable clone directly on an alternate volume. The CCC web site has excellent documentation: http://www.bombich.com/ccc_support.html You can download it for convenient reference. CCC's disk image capability is useful for some folks with unusual needs. At: http://help.bombich.com/faqs/dmg-and-remote/dimages there is this statement: "(* Disk images themselves are not bootable, but you can mount them and restore their content to a physical hard drive to produce a bootable, exact replica of the original)." Also, you can restore either by using CCC or Disk Utility: http://help.bombich.com/faqs/dmg-and-remote/dmg-restore Hope this meets your desires. Al Poulin -- 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
