On Mar 13, 2011, at 7:18 AM, Yersinia wrote: > Hi Listers, > > I think this is probably a quickie -- nothing's broken, nothing's critical, > I'm still in the "thinking" stage concerning installing bigger internal HDDs > in my Quicksilver (HDDs I purchased almost 2 years ago so you see how > "critical" this really is huh? LOL) > > My 2-HDD QS 867 is CCC backed-up to to my USB external HDD -- 2 HDDs, one > Tiger 10.4.11, the other Panther 10.3.2. So is my G4 Mini (OS X Tiger 10.4.2) > and my G3/800 iBook (OSX Tiger 10.4.11). Each Mac has its own partition on > the external drive. > > Now I know that the only way a CCC'ed external backup is actually bootable, > is if you're trying to boot an INTEL Mac with it; non-Intel Macs like mine > need Firewire to boot from an external, which I no longer have (the only > enclosure I could GET when my faithful old LaCie with FW finally died was > USB). OK. So my question is:
Not necessarily: <http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20061017084322177> > > If I transfer the brand newly updated contents of my external HD to a new > (much bigger) internal HD -- via USB and my "Magic Cable" -- and have that > big new loaded-with-all-my-stuff HD *installed in the Quicksilver*, will it > boot the Quicksilver as-is, or will I have to run an Archive-and-Install from > the Tiger DVD? (and Panther CD, for THAT one)? It should boot just fine. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- 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
