[iBook] Upgrading G3 iBook without Firewire Port

[George]

Larry,

I once used Carbon Copy Cloner to make bootable drives. Is there a 
version for Tiger?
George

On Saturday, March 11, 2006, at 09:45  PM, Larry Blodgett wrote:

> I am trying to update a iBook G3 to 10.4.  This is one of those G3 
> iBooks that has a failed firewire port.  I do have two USB 1 ports and 
> of course an ethernet connection.  The optical is CD only. So I can't 
> simply pop in the 10.4 DVD.  Here is the procedure I have followed.
>
> Made a clone of the entire harddisk using SilverKeeper to a USB 
> external harddrive. (took forever but worked fine)
>
> Connected the external harddrive to my G4 using Firewrire and updated 
> the external drive.
>
> After I did this everything looks fine and the upgrade looks fine on 
> the G4. (boots and looks fine)
>
> Now I need to copy the external partition back to the internal drive 
> of the G3 iBook.
>
> Can't boot off the 10.4 DVD on the G3 iBook.
> Can't boot off the USB external drive on the G3 iBook.
>
> Can boot off the 10.3 Install CD. (so I did that)
>
> Ran the disk utility and I can erase the internal drive.
>
> From the CD 10.3 boot running disk utility I can see the external USB 
> and internal drive.
>
> Here is the big question................
>
> If I select RESTORE and drag the external drive to restore from.
> And I drag the internal drive to restore too.
>
> Will I have an internal drive with 10.4 that is bootable????????
>
> Surely someone has done this before.
>
> Sorry the post was sooooo long.
>
> Larry Blodgett (lblodgett at mac.com)