I can't speak for moving a system from one machine to another, I can however tell you what I did when I moved over the users folder. This involved 3 hard disks/partitions. While in OS9, I formatted my new drive that will end up with the new install of OSX. I copied the entire Users folder from the old OSX install to the new drive. I then simple installed a new OSX system on the new drive. When it asked for the user/pass, I simply used my old user/pass from the last install. The OSX system automatically latched on to the related 'old' user. It was transparent and I still had all my prefs and such!
I've also used this to my advantage to upgrade to a newer system version or repair a screwed up one by doing a clean install of the OS next to a current install then deleted the old system folder. As seamless as this has been for me, YMMV. -Robyn On Friday, December 6, 2002, at 10:17 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > My dilemma is this: I have OSX running on my upgraded 7600 on an ATA > disk. I just got a Beige G3, that will be upgraded to a G4/450. > > Doesanyone know what will happen is I just plop the drive into the > newmachine? Does the OSX install leave out stuff or is it like the old > 'universal install' a system that'll run on any Macintosh? > > (I suppose I can just try it and see...though I'm mainly concered about > trying to get my new system working reliably after the transfer, with > all my files and preferences and such intact.) > > Failing this, is there a way of just moving a user from one system to > another? -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
