Or, if you are using CCC, try SuperDuper! http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22126 Having tried multiple times with CCC on a couple of different machines with results similar to what you describe, SuperDuper! worked successfully and easily first time out of the gate. On Nov 8, 2004, at 1:29 PM, Laurie A Duncan wrote: > First off, yes you can clone between different types of hardware. > Provided > the OS version you are using is compatible with both (i.e. You can't > clone a > 10.2 system, for example, to a machine that shipped with 10.3 or later) > > Second of all, if you are using Carbon Copy Cloner, you MUST reformat > the > target disk prior to cloning the source over to it otherwise you will > get > exactly the result you encountered. If you want it to be bootable, you > must > completely reformat, with Disk Utility, then clone. > > Hope this helps, > > Laurie > -- > Founder, Editor, FAQ-checker > http://cubeowner.com > Home of The Mac Cube FAQ! > AOL IM/iChat: cubeownernyc > > On 11/8/04 1:01 PM, "David Lambourn" <David.Lambourn at blueyonder.co.uk> > wrote: > >> Ken, >> >> I recently had exactly your problem, and I came to see that it was >> caused in the same way. I agree with Sean and Luis - you are unlikely >> to rid yourself of that problem without re-installing and updating - >> preferably with the combined updaters. >> >> David. >> >> On 8 Nov 2004, at 17:36, Ken Johnson wrote: >> >>> I recently cloned one mac to another. Afterwards, the clone will not >>> start. It gets through most of the startup stuff, but then gets >>> stuck >>> at the end with the message "Waiting for Apple File Service" or >>> "Login >>> Window" on the startup progress bar screen. >>> >>> I have tried re-cloning, this time erasing the target directories >>> before copying, but get the same results. Any ideas?