[G4] Migrating to G5

[Paul Moortgat]

Start the second Mac with the "T" key pressed while starting that up 
and a firewire cable connect the 2 Macs.

Paul Moortgat

On 09 Dec 2004, at 22:53, John Wilson wrote:

>  You can actually use just a FireWire drive if you were using it as a 
> backup from your previous Mac. I sold my G4 MDD, bought a new G5 and 
> attached my backup FireWire drive (which was a CCC'ed copy of my 
> previous G4 Mac). When asked if I had another Mac to import data from, 
> the FW drive was available and the program transferred all my data and 
> settings. Took about 15 minutes. Yay! John
>
>
> On Thursday, December 09, 2004, at 04:08PM, Wayne Wilkin 
> <macsys at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> One of the greatest features of the new G5's during the initial 
>> startup
>> process of a new computer you can hitch up your old computer via
>> firewire and your new g5 will ask you if you want to import or create
>> user accounts from a old system. It's part of the initial startup
>> process of the new computers during the registration process.
>>
>>
>> On Dec 9, 2004, at 3:51 PM, Eric Volker wrote:
>>
>>> I've gone ahead and taken the plunge and ordered a G5. My dilemma is
>>> how to transfer my data and settings to the new computer. One 
>>> scenario
>>> I've contemplated is taking the boot drive out of my G4, putting it 
>>> in
>>> a Firewire enclosure, booting off the drive on the G5 and using 
>>> Carbon
>>> Copy Cloner to overwrite the G5's boot drive. Is this scenario
>>> feasible? The OS on the G4 is a retail install of OS 10.3.6, so
>>> theoretically the G4 drive should boot the G5 (right?) I do have some
>>> non-Apple hardware installed on the G4 (M-Audio Revolution 7.1 and
>>> Sonnet Aria Extreme), so that might complicate the issue. Any 
>>> insights
>>> or suggestions would be welcome.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
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