[X4U] Backing up with Disk Utility

[Robert Nicholson]

Does it require the backup drive to be the same size as the source or  
not?

Or is it only the size of the data on the drive that matters?

On May 17, 2005, at 8:30 PM, Kevin Willis wrote:

>
> On May 17, 2005, at 8:28 PM, Brett Conlon wrote:
>
>
>> Can you select the disc image or its mounted volume as the startup  
>> disc?
>> No.
>>
>> But to clarify, the disc image (if built properly) can be restored  
>> to a
>> drive partition and it will be bootable.
>>
>> Coj
>>
>>
>
> I just used the Restore feature in Tiger to make a copy of my start  
> up disk on my empty 40 GB drive.  I was then able to select it in  
> System Preferences as the start up disk.  It started up fine and  
> seemed to work fine.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
>
>
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