[G4] Cloning G4 to G5: Naming Hard Drives

[Tim Collier]

Why not just use the Setup Assistant app that comes with every (most) new Macs that are sold.  All that is involved is setting up the old computer as a firewire drive and it transfers EVERYTHING!  Look for Setup Assistant in Applications/Utilities.  You also don't have to worry about your 10 steps.  Give it a try.

Tim 
On Saturday, February 19, 2005, at 12:23PM, John Miller <webaron at starcrest.com> 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
>
>Now the questions:
>
>1.  Am I missing anything in the cloning process described above?
>
>2.  My G4 hard drive is named "bigmac".  Can I name my new G5 hard 
>drive "bigmac" as well before I begin this cloning process?  Does it 
>make sense to do so to minimize any confusion later on with 
>configuration files?  For example, on the G4 I'm running an Apache2 
>server with mysql databases/PHP, and managing several websites with 
>Dreamweaver and Contribute.  I'd like to avoid having to go through 
>"broken links" because of hard-drive naming inconsistencies.
>
>3.  Is Carbon Copy Cloner the best tool for this process?
>
>4.  I have an OS9 folder on the G4.  Should I move it over to the G4, 
>or install classic from the G5 system restore DVD?
>
>Thanks to all.

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