[G4] Migrating to G5

[John Baltutis]

On 12/09/04, Eric Volker <ebv1 at charter.net> wrote:
>
> I've gone ahead and taken the plunge and ordered a G5. My dilemma is how
> to transfer my data and settings to the new computer. One scenario I've
> contemplated is taking the boot drive out of my G4, putting it in a
> Firewire enclosure, booting off the drive on the G5 and using Carbon
> Copy Cloner to overwrite the G5's boot drive. Is this scenario feasible?
> The OS on the G4 is a retail install of OS 10.3.6, so theoretically the
> G4 drive should boot the G5 (right?) I do have some non-Apple hardware
> installed on the G4 (M-Audio Revolution 7.1 and Sonnet Aria Extreme), so
> that might complicate the issue. Any insights or suggestions would be
> welcome.

Not a very good plan. See
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25784> for details. Also,
the new machines have a migration tool to do exactly what you want to do.
See <http://forums.bombich.com/viewtopic.php?t=3799> for more information.