[X4U] Macs which support "target disk mode"

[Neil Laubenthal]

I'm pretty sure the mirror door model supports target disk mode . . .  
perhaps it needs a monitor hooked up?


On Jan 22, 2008, at 15:50, Jim Robertson wrote:

> I passed my dual G5 down the food chain (to my son) last weekend. We  
> tried
> to use Firewire Target Disk Mode to transfer his "stuff" from a
> mirrored-doors G4, but the older computer would just shut down a few  
> seconds
> after the startup "bong" and some disk activity.
>
> I read somewhere that some G4 computers with Open Firmware might  
> require
> booting INTO open firmware before they'd function in target disk  
> mode. Is
> that what we encountered? I tried looking in Apple's knowledge base  
> but
> didn't find an answer.
>
> Thanks so much,
>
> Jim Robertson
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