Re: Firewire Yes, Firewire Not?

2011-08-30 Thread Dan
At 1:15 AM +0100 8/30/2011, Valter Prahlad wrote: Aug 29 15:16:20 PMacG5 diskarbitrationd[40]: disk1s10 hfs 37ACFB29-F059-380F-94F6-7B505CB76563 HDX /Volumes/HDX 1 Aug 29 15:16:21 PMacG5 diskarbitrationd[40]: disk1s12 hfs 8BEEADB7-0794-31C3-A4FE-6889C7C8D046 HDSys

Re: Firewire Yes, Firewire Not?

2011-08-29 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 29-08-2011 18:44, Dan ha scritto: > All bets are off - the nvram settings are inconsistent. For all we > know, the processor was down-cycled. Put in a working battery. > Reset the pram and nvram. Set the energy saver settings. Then retry. I have no battery for the PB (and I don't pla

Re: Firewire Yes, Firewire Not?

2011-08-29 Thread Dan
At 5:40 PM +0100 8/29/2011, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 29-08-2011 17:12, Dan ha scritto: odd. The PowerBook was plugged in? Yes. It has no battery and the internal backup (PRAM) battery is dead, but it works fine when plugged in. All bets are off - the nvram settings are inconsistent.

Re: Firewire Yes, Firewire Not?

2011-08-29 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 29-08-2011 17:12, Dan ha scritto: > odd. The PowerBook was plugged in? Yes. It has no battery and the internal backup (PRAM) battery is dead, but it works fine when plugged in. > No problems with its HD? Not that I know of. I run maintenance tools every now and then, and the G5 HD has

Re: Firewire Yes, Firewire Not?

2011-08-29 Thread Dan
At 4:57 PM +0100 8/29/2011, Valter Prahlad wrote: Powerbook G4 867 Powermac G5 DP 2.7, both with OSX 10.4.11. connected them with a Firewire 400 cable - When I used the G5 as "main" Mac and the PB as Target, it tooks ages to mount the Target disk (3 partitions), and the transfer speed was abysma

Firewire Yes, Firewire Not?

2011-08-29 Thread Valter Prahlad
I have a Powerbook G4 867, and a (recently acquired) Powermac G5 DP 2.7, both with OSX 10.4.11. Today I connected them with a Firewire 400 cable to transfer some file thru Target disk mode. - When I used the G5 as "main" Mac and the PB as Target, it tooks ages to mount the Target disk (3 partition