[X4U] Booting from external backup drive

[Jack Corcoran]

Michael,

My brain is fried.  I haven't explored the dejavu pref's to see if there is
a 'make bootable' button...but will do so now.  Thanks.

Jack C
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Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:31:26 -0500
From: Michael Elliott <michaelelliott at mac.com>
Subject: Re: [X4U] Booting from external backup drive
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There is a lot more to a disc being bootable than it used to be in
the OS9 days, when you only needed a Finder file and some basic
System files in a folder at the root of the drive.

In OSX, there are many interdependencies that have to be set.  So
simply backing up the folder structure from one disk to another won't
do it.

However, Dèjà Vu's website does indicate that it should be able to
create bootable disk clones.

I'm assuming that you have explored all of the program's preferences
to make sure that there isn't a "make bootable" button somewhere,
like there used to be in Carbon Copy Cloner?

Michael


On Oct 13, 2007, at 9:22 AM, Jack Corcoran wrote:

> HI,
>
> My basic eqpt is a Mac-Mini (non Intel)  which I am backing up
> weekly with a
> 200gig Maxtor drive operating from the enclosure's Firewire port to
> the same
> on the computer. The backup application is Dejavu.
>
> The backup procedure works faultlessly.  However, I am unable to
> boot from
> the Maxtor altho it was my impression that when using Firewire this
> was
> supposedly possible.
>
> Am I laboring under a false impression or is there another
> explanation?
> Any/all help appreciated.
>
> Jack C