[G4] Cloning G4 to G5: Naming Hard Drives

[John Miller]

In Step 9 what I plan to do is install OSX 10.3.8 from the G5 system 
restore DVD, not from the G4 OSX Panther disks.

On Feb 19, 2005, at 10:39 AM, Wayne Wilkin wrote:

> What was your install process for X on your G4. If you didn't use a 
> boxed version of Panther and did nothing but combo updates on the G4 
> then it probably will not work on the G5.
>
> On Feb 19, 2005, at 12:23 PM, John Miller wrote:
>
>> Just got a new dual 2.0 G5.  I plan to clone my G4/867 master drive 
>> to the G5 hard drive using this 10 step process:
>>
>> 1. Repair permissions/update directory on the G4 with DiskWarrior
>> 2. Put original G5 system restore disk into CD/DVD drive
>> 3. Connect both macs via firewire
>> 4. Boot the G5 into target mode
>> 5. Reformat the G5 drive with Disk Utility
>> 6. Clone the G4 hard drive with Carbon Copy Cloner
>> 7. Shutdown the G5, remove firewire cable
>> 8. Reboot the G5 from the system restore DVD
>> 9. Install the OSX operating system using Archive and Install
>> 10.  Pray like hell
>>
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