[G4] Migrating to G5

[Eric Volker]

It sounds as if the migration utility will do everything I need it to 
do (transfer data *and* applications), therefore there is no need to 
experiment with target disk mode or Carbon Copy Cloner. As jj says, I 
think it would boot but might have been missing features or not perform 
up to par. It still would have been interesting to try, but it 
shouldn't be necessary.

Thanks to everyone who replied.

Eric

On Dec 9, 2004, at 6:47 PM, John Baltutis wrote:

> 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.
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