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<FONT SIZE="5"><FONT FACE="Lucida Grande"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>Hi,<BR>
the carboncopy method works fine, often for me.<BR>
Firewire target mode is the best way (or you can work with the disks, but that´s more hazzle)<BR>
Remember to rename the maschine and maybe you have to change the network adresses afterwards, if you will work with both maschines in the same network<BR>
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hg<BR>
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Am 03.11.08 19:20 schrieb "Margaret Krakowiak" unter <imago@bellsouth.net>:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE="5"><FONT FACE="Lucida Grande"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>I just bought a dual 1gig Quicksilver.<BR>
It has a 160 gig hard drive, wiped clean, no OS.<BR>
Seller said it was running OSX10.4.6 when tested.<BR>
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My question is what is the best way to get this machine<BR>
up and running. I have a retail 10.4 disk that I bought<BR>
when I was upgrading my DP450, which is currently<BR>
upgraded to 10.4.6, with 9.2.2 also installed. (the 450<BR>
came with 9.0.4, and I went through the upgrade "steps"<BR>
to get to 9.2.2.) I also have 9.2.1 on a retail disk.<BR>
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I'd kind of like to keep a version of 9 on the Quicksilver,<BR>
but I could let that go. If I do keep 9, should I use the<BR>
9.2.1 retail disk to install, then upgrade that to 9.2.2, and then<BR>
use the 10.4 retail to install OSX, and upgrade that to 10.4.11?<BR>
Or, should I hook the 2 computers together, and use CarbonCopy<BR>
to just clone over what I have on the 450 (10.4.6 and 9.2.2)<BR>
to the Quicksilver?<BR>
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I've never bought a machine without the OS installed, and I don't<BR>
want to screw things up from the get go. I read that you shouldn't <BR>
install an older system than what is on the computer. This one<BR>
has none, but did have 10.4.6 at some point. Does that count?<BR>
(I think the 2002 Quicksilvers originally came with 10.1.2 and <BR>
9.2.2 installed).<BR>
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margaret<BR>
And, my 450 has 3 hard drives in it - the one that has 10.4.6 is<BR>
a 250 gig that I installed, and will probably move over to the Quicksilver<BR>
once I see that all is well with it.<BR>
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