[P1] Moving the whole thing

[John Moore]

Thanks for those who responded. I am researching ccc and it certainly 
looks like the tool I need, but there are a couple of issues remaining 
as I prepare for this:
1. Does the fact I am moving all this stuff from a G4 processor on the 
iMac to a G3 on the iBook bring any issues I need to anticipate?
2. Forgive my ignorance here; I am still learning OSX. On my iBook, my 
admin name and password are different from those in the iMac 
established when the repair guys fixed my disk under warranty. I am a 
little unclear whether I should restore the system on the iMac alone 
when I partition the hd, but I know it will require me to enter the 
name and password that is different from the one in the iBook system. 
How will this affect the resulting new--needs to be bootable--partition 
containing the iBook system with my older admin username and password? 
Which will take primacy over the other? I hope this question makes 
sense. I am the admin, only, user on both boxes.
3. The last time I tried firewiring a multi-gig file into my iMac, the 
system either went to sleep or froze at one end or the other halfway 
through and I only moved half the files. This might very well have been 
a problem caused by the bad hard drive that has been replaced on my 
iMac, but is there a preferred setting for sleep on the mounted 
firewire device and the receiving device as well?
  4. Finally, some of the reviews of ccc say that to work properly, the 
system on the iBook to be cloned needs to be built from the install 
disks. This is the current point of confusion I am trying to 
understand, since I want to save all the software, data, preferences, 
email, bookmarks, etc. I have on the iBook and want to use all this 
same stuff on the iMac. Being able to easily synchronize the two on an 
ongoing basis would be a godsend, but I will happily settle for just 
getting that system moved onto this box.

I hope these are not too vexing or ignorant questions for this list. 
The list has been very useful for me in understanding my great 800 mhz 
dual usb icebook, and I have tried to hold my end up by helping other 
users with questions I have resolved. Thanks again all who respond and 
responded. best, jpm

(Hoping to migrate entire system from my icebook to my 800mhz flat 
panel 17" iMac.)



On Tuesday, October 14, 2003, at 08:21 AM, Gary Adams wrote:

> carbon copy cloner will do the whole thing. i just cloned a 30gb drive 
> (two partitions) to a 60gb drive (three partitions). worked like a 
> charm.
>
> G
>>
>> I have found several articles on the Apple support site that talk 
>> about moving individual files, etc., but not the entire system. In 
>> OS9 I would have simply created a partition on the iMac to hold the 
>> iBook files and apps, firewired into the iBook hard drive, done a 
>> Select All and drug everything to the iMac. My question is, will this 
>> work for SystemX?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for whatever help you can offer me on this.
>>
>> best,
>> johnpaulmoore at austin.rr.com
>
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