[G4] Re: Super Duper Cloning software/Stuck

[Marla]

Thanks so much. I looked at the set up manual (never
knew one existed) and there's a nice diagram about
where things go. Guess I expanded memory in the past.

But is it really OK to upgrade my firmware (I already
know which versions I have and need) on this old
drive? It does seem the simplest thing, but someone
told me that in rare cases, upgrading your firmware
can render your machine useless...

I hate to live in fear, but is this true? And how rare
is rare?

Marla

--- Steve Goldstein <sng at cox.net> wrote:

> Keith,
> 
> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
> 
> You are the first person to support my assertion
> that the firmware does not reside on the drive, but
> on the computer itself.  I think there is a special
> ROM chip (at least in the older Macs) on which it
> resides.  I can recall in the early days of the Mac
> when people removed the ROM chip to make the clones
> of the Macs, either as desktops or as laptops
> (anybody remember the Kangaroo?  I had one.).  But,
> I guess that somebody asserts that you need 9.x to
> do one of the firmware upgrades to the ROM.  That is
> entirely possible; I think I did that once to one of
> my older Macs, but it was so long ago that I forget
> the details.  One thing I seem to recall is that you
> need 9.x (9.2?) to be able to determine your
> firmware version before upgrading it. 
> 
> Bottom line: if your old drive is still working and
> you have 9.x on it, go ahead and do the firmware
> upgrade (to the computer's ROM -- Read Only Memory)
> before you do anything else.  Then, clone your old
> drive to the new one using CCC or SuperDuper (I
> downloaded it after reading these discussions, and
> it looks more straightforward to use than CCC, and
> it is free if all you use it for is cloning and not
> scheduled backups). 
> 
> --Steve
> 
> 
> At 2:23 AM -0800 1/17/07, keith_w wrote:
> >That means the firmware is already in the Mac's CPU
> somewhere, and it's THAT that is being upgraded, not
> the hard drive.
> >You said, "Perform firmware upgrade on new drive."
> Just a point of clarification... It's not ON the new
> HD, it's USING the new drive.
> 
> 


 
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