Re: Installing Tiger on new HD, then moving old HD data across

2005-04-29 Thread Tobes
Heh heh - this was written from Tiger with an Archive install done - thanks anyway Daniel. :) Couple of things to note about the installation - a few user centric system preference panes haven't made it through the process. Specifically, Logitech mouse, Wacom graphics tablet and ATI displ

Re: Installing Tiger on new HD, then moving old HD data across

2005-04-29 Thread Daniel Kerr
On 26/04/2005 12:44 PM, "Toby Oldham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, I'm planning on upgrading my G5's Hard Disk at the same time as > installing Tiger. I figured the best way to do this is install the new > HD, install Tiger onto the new HD, then use the Setup utility to > migrate my use

Re: Installing Tiger on new HD, then moving old HD data across

2005-04-26 Thread Matthew Healey
On 26/04/2005, at 1:41 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: This transfers all files in Documents folder on old drive to Documents folder on new. Notice back-slash with space this signifies a space in naming convention of drive. The -avz - tells program this is an option, a is archive it will transfer

Re: Installing Tiger on new HD, then moving old HD data across

2005-04-26 Thread Shay Telfer
This transfers all files in Documents folder on old drive to Documents folder on new. Notice back-slash with space this signifies a space in naming convention of drive. The -avz - tells program this is an option, a is archive it will transfer all files with symbolic links and preferences, v is

Re: Installing Tiger on new HD, then moving old HD data across

2005-04-26 Thread Rob Davies
Afternoon, On 26 Apr 2005, at 12:53 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: On 26/04/2005 12:44 PM, "Toby Oldham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, I'm planning on upgrading my G5's Hard Disk at the same time as installing Tiger. I figured the best way to do this is install the new HD, install Tiger onto

Re: Installing Tiger on new HD, then moving old HD data across

2005-04-26 Thread Toby Oldham
Thanks Dan & Mark - I've pulled the "install new OS, duplicate user folder then switch with old user folder" trick once before, when I wanted to get a G5 up and running quickly after it had been out of action for awhile ... to this day I still have permission issues. ;-} If the app looks for

Re: Installing Tiger on new HD, then moving old HD data across

2005-04-26 Thread Daniel Kerr
On 26/04/2005 12:44 PM, "Toby Oldham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, I'm planning on upgrading my G5's Hard Disk at the same time as > installing Tiger. I figured the best way to do this is install the new > HD, install Tiger onto the new HD, then use the Setup utility to > migrate my use

Re: Installing Tiger on new HD, then moving old HD data across

2005-04-26 Thread Mark Secker
I'll try find an e-mail tomorrow at work from the Mac tech list that isn't on my home computer - It gave the name of a file that you can delete (or edit?) that will cause the firewire transfer program to initiate... from recollection the drive that you wish this to run on has to be a clean inst

Installing Tiger on new HD, then moving old HD data across

2005-04-26 Thread Toby Oldham
Hi all, I'm planning on upgrading my G5's Hard Disk at the same time as installing Tiger. I figured the best way to do this is install the new HD, install Tiger onto the new HD, then use the Setup utility to migrate my user data from the old HD to the new one. Can anyone confirm that it is p