<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>Make sure the firewire cable is disengaged from the back of both Macs when you restart. When you attempted to reboot with the install disk, did you hold down the "C" key as it was booting up?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>What you can also do is press the restart (not the power) button on the front of the Mac.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Eric</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Oct 23, 2007, at 10:29 PM, <A href="mailto:g4-request@listserver.themacintoshguy.com">g4-request@listserver.themacintoshguy.com</A> wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Subject: [G4] Target Disk Mode</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">While attempting (unsuccessfully) to transfer files</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">from my G4 to a new iMac, I put the G4 in the Target</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Disk Mode. Pogue's Mac OS X - Tiger Edition states</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">that you can restart the computer that is in Target</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Disk Mode and it will startup on its own copy of Mac</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">OS. No dice - I am hung with the dancing yellow</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">FireWire icon.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Tried to restart with the install disk - no go.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Unplugged the G4 and restarted no go. What next?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Joe P. Alley</DIV></BODY></HTML>