[G4] Cloning G4 to G5: Naming Hard Drives

John Miller webaron at starcrest.com
Sat Feb 19 09:23:24 PST 2005


Just got a new dual 2.0 G5.  I plan to clone my G4/867 master drive to 
the G5 hard drive using this 10 step process:

1. Repair permissions/update directory on the G4 with DiskWarrior
2. Put original G5 system restore disk into CD/DVD drive
3. Connect both macs via firewire
4. Boot the G5 into target mode
5. Reformat the G5 drive with Disk Utility
6. Clone the G4 hard drive with Carbon Copy Cloner
7. Shutdown the G5, remove firewire cable
8. Reboot the G5 from the system restore DVD
9. Install the OSX operating system using Archive and Install
10.  Pray like hell

Now the questions:

1.  Am I missing anything in the cloning process described above?

2.  My G4 hard drive is named "bigmac".  Can I name my new G5 hard 
drive "bigmac" as well before I begin this cloning process?  Does it 
make sense to do so to minimize any confusion later on with 
configuration files?  For example, on the G4 I'm running an Apache2 
server with mysql databases/PHP, and managing several websites with 
Dreamweaver and Contribute.  I'd like to avoid having to go through 
"broken links" because of hard-drive naming inconsistencies.

3.  Is Carbon Copy Cloner the best tool for this process?

4.  I have an OS9 folder on the G4.  Should I move it over to the G4, 
or install classic from the G5 system restore DVD?

Thanks to all.



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