Re: news group reader for Panther?

2006-01-06 Thread Luis Sequeira
Any recommendations for a news group reader for OS 10.3.9? Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? I have used Thunderbird and it's worked well for my limited use. It is free, so you might want to try it. Luis Sequeira -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: HOWTO Boot Powerbook from Firewire drive

2006-01-06 Thread R Michael Vogt
I look at superDuper and I have used Carbon Cloner. Bu If you are using Tiger There is better and faster way All you have to do is go into Utilities then go to Restore drag the source disk to the first blank then destaion to second blank then hit restore and it will make duplicate of

Re: Advice Needed - Wallstreet upgrade

2006-01-06 Thread Frank Dutra
I have installed 10.3 on my Wallstreet with the help of XPostFacto and it worked well after working out two hitches that were known at the time. One was related to the colors on the screen (a lot of purple :-)) and was solved by removing a specific file (don't remember exactly but the issue

Re: HOWTO Boot Powerbook from Firewire drive

2006-01-06 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 06/01/06 08:13, R Michael Vogt at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I look at superDuper and I have used Carbon Cloner. Bu If you are using Tiger There is better and faster way All you have to do is go into Utilities then go to Restore drag the source disk to the first blank then destaion to

Re: HOWTO Boot Powerbook from Firewire drive

2006-01-06 Thread Howard Katz
I can recommend SuperDuper--I've been using it for months now to do a full backup of my HD. And I've tested the firewire drive as a bootable device after the program's done the backup--everything is where I put it, extras and all. It's pretty idiot-proof: something that helps ME out a lot. :)

Methods of duplicating boot drive (was: Re: HOWTO Boot Powerbook from Firewire drive

2006-01-06 Thread TjL
.. Original Message ... On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 06:13:49 -0700 R Michael Vogt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I look at superDuper and I have used Carbon Cloner. Bu If you are using Tiger There is better and faster way All you have to do is go into Utilities then go to Restore drag the

Re: Methods of duplicating boot drive (was: Re: HOWTO Boot Powerbook from Firewire drive

2006-01-06 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, TjL wrote: [snip] The fatal flaw to your plan is that it requires me doing all that. Manually. Manual backs are almost always out of date. (yes, to the 3 of you who do manual backups regularly, your discipline is impressive, but most of us fail to meet your level of

Re: Methods of duplicating boot drive (was: Re: HOWTO Boot Powerbook from Firewire drive

2006-01-06 Thread TjL
.. Original Message ... On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 09:58:35 -0800 (PST) Frank P. Eigler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But that would also seem to entail leaving your backup drive running all night, unattended. Seems a little risky, unless you've got an A/B backup routine going. Actually the last

Re: Methods of duplicating boot drive (was: Re: HOWTO Boot Powerbook from Firewire drive

2006-01-06 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 1/6/06 12:58 PM, Frank P. Eigler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, TjL wrote: [snip] The fatal flaw to your plan is that it requires me doing all that. Manually. Manual backs are almost always out of date. (yes, to the 3 of you who do manual backups regularly, your

Re: Methods of duplicating boot drive (was: Re: HOWTO Boot Powerbook from Firewire drive

2006-01-06 Thread Clark Martin
At 3:03 PM -0500 1/6/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/6/06 12:58 PM, Frank P. Eigler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, TjL wrote: [snip] The fatal flaw to your plan is that it requires me doing all that. Manually. Manual backs are almost always out of date. (yes, to the 3

Re: Methods of duplicating boot drive (was: Re: HOWTO Boot Powerbook from Firewire drive

2006-01-06 Thread Harry Corsover
On Jan 6, 2006, at 6:01 PM, Clark Martin wrote: And, yeah, an A/B (or more) backup provides more protection. If any of the above mentioned acts happens during a backup then you are SOL unless you have multiple backups. And keeping one of these external drives off-site offers even more