[G4] backup questions
    Al Poulin 
    alpoulin at cox.net
       
    Tue May  6 06:59:48 PDT 2008
    
    
  
Aggie:
Well it has been a couple days.  I am no expert here, but I'll make  
some comments  hoping that other folks will check in with you.
On May 4, 2008, at 8:24 PM, aperry at eznet.net wrote:
> I have a few questions regarding backup procedures.
> 1. If I, in the past, backed up to an external drive using Carbon  
> Copy Cloner, can I now do an incremental backup to the same drive  
> using Superduper!, or must I start all over again?
Not likely.  I would just start all over  again.
>
> 2. If I backup one external drive to another external drive, and I  
> want them both bootable or "blessed," is it all right to connect one  
> of the drives via firewire and the other via USB during the backup?
You cannot boot from a USB drive.   Also, you want to backup to both  
drives simultaneously?  No way.
>
> 3. If I backup via USB, can I still make the backup bootable, but  
> switch to a firewire cable when booting from that drive?
See above.
Al Poulin
    
    
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