[G4] backup questions

[Eric Smith]

Al Poulin wrote:
> Aggie:
> 
> Well it has been a couple days.  I am no expert here, but I'll make some 
> comments  hoping that other folks will check in with you.
> 
> On May 4, 2008, at 8:24 PM, aperry at eznet.net wrote:
>> I have a few questions regarding backup procedures.
>> 1. If I, in the past, backed up to an external drive using Carbon Copy 
>> Cloner, can I now do an incremental backup to the same drive using 
>> Superduper!, or must I start all over again?
> 
> Not likely.  I would just start all over  again.
>>
>> 2. If I backup one external drive to another external drive, and I 
>> want them both bootable or "blessed," is it all right to connect one 
>> of the drives via firewire and the other via USB during the backup?
> 
> You cannot boot from a USB drive.   Also, you want to backup to both 
> drives simultaneously?  No way.
>>
>> 3. If I backup via USB, can I still make the backup bootable, but 
>> switch to a firewire cable when booting from that drive?
> 
> See above.
> 
> Al Poulin

He didn't say what model his system is. Most Power Mac G4s can boot
from USB. Only very early ones (pre AGP graphics) with single-channel
USB cannot.

Eric