[G4] How do I connect a Powermac G4 400 DVD to a beige Powermac G3?

[Ron Steinke]

On 22 Jun, 2005, at 6:45, Alex Hurst wrote:

Can any of you knowledgeable people out there tell me what the best 
solution is for a fast and reliable temporary link between these two 
machines, given the G3 is serial and SCSI based, while the G4 is USB?

All of the machines you listed have a built-in ethernet socket, so you 
have a readily accessible solution on hand that won't cost you an arm 
and a leg.

Do you have access to an ethernet hub? If you do, simply activate file 
sharing between the machines you want to transfer data from/to and plug 
in the Cat 5 cables. Be sure to use straight "patch" cables and not 
"crossover" cables for this connection. Make sure to create the proper 
identities and sharing abilities for all machines to each other, ie: 
Mac 1 and Mac 2 and "read/write" privileges active .

When you simultaneously (or close to it) start up, you should be able 
to see each machines' hard drive on the others' desktop. From there, 
you can access all the files and data and transfer it from one to the 
other without problems. You can even copy the OS-9 System folder from 
one to the other and keep all your preference settings the same but 
this takes a few extra steps. The only thing you cannot do with this 
set up is to copy over the OS-X System folder, it has invisible files 
that will not be copied unless you use a specific utility program for 
the copy procedure. I have used CarbonCopyCloner for that project. It 
takes a while for the process, but it gets the job done.