h I 'm still not much further ...I can start the e=mac in
targetmode both as administrator as well as other user ,but still
I' can't see the firewire symbol on the I-mac.. do I have to
authorize the firewire port ???or is there something else I have to
do ?
Everybit of help
Hi Martin,
A few things come to mind:
- Sometimes when I've had external HDs not show up unplugging and
re-plugging the firewire cable has helped - worth a try.
- Open disk utility on the iMac and see if it finds the the eMac's disk.
- Run system profiler on the iMac (open about this mac and
Hi Neil
Thanks for the reply.Yes iI tried another firewire device and the
ports seem to work.
Unplugging I did before and didn't solve that problem.
Neither in Disk Utility nor in System profiler I fnd the e-Mac.
I try to get a new firewire next week to see if that one is working.
Thanks
Hello Martin
Please be aware that some early iMacs cannot support Target Disk Mode.
There is a list of the capable machines here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
.
There are other ways to do what you want though. But I suggest you
solve the T mode dilemma first.
Regards
Greg Manzie
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