[geeks] ibook g3 to ibook g4

Dan Duncan dand at pcisys.net
Mon Jan 9 17:53:44 CST 2006


On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> > Does the Blueberry have firewire?  If so, you could boot it in target
> > mode and connect it to the new iBook that way--the BB's HD will simply
> > show up on the iBook's desktop as any external drive would.
>
> I'm pretty sure the Blueberry doesn't, but, if it does, I highly
> recommend that method.  It Just Works, and is very snappy.

It doesn't, and I wasn't aware there was such a thing as target mode.
VERY cool.  Apparently the solution to migrating a user's account files
is a unix-land thing so I'll be able to manage that part.

Thanks for both of your help.

-DanD

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