New PBHD and CCC question

Carbon Copy Cloner and new PB Hard drive
I have searched the forums on these topics but can't find my specific questions-answered. I have cloned my PB HD to the Ext. LaCie. I will be replacing my PB with an 80gig 7200 drive this week.

I understand that the clone is 'bootable', but do I also have to install Tiger on the LaCie or is it ready to boot right now??

To check this do I go to syst. pref>Target disk mode; or restart with the option button pressed?

To restart and boot from the LaCie (right now as a test), do I keep it mounted and then restart with 'option'. Or will this harm the Ext.HD?

Should I partition the new PBHD once I get it?

Should I just not worry about the bootable clone and simply install Tiger on the new drive and drag my apps, photos, tunes, docs, etc. to it?

I know this is a lot but these are all my questions, the other threads don't spell it out like I need(newbie). Also I read about migration, should I look into that? Any help is appreciated. I know you 'pros' get tired of answering the same ole questions about routine maintenance.

thanks brian

Gokhan said:

u can clone from ur lacae to ur new hd once u formatted it using disk uti use ccc and select the external hd as source and the internal as target then just reboot once its done and upgarde to tiger if u want

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In order to format the new hd won't I have to install an OS first. Or do you mean to boot up from the lacie first, which I don't know exactly how to do---see my questions in orig. post.

would you reccomend partitioning the new hd? I don't see my LaCie as an option in system pref>startup disk?????

I did find this post by hayduke:

) Use CCC to make a clone of your HD onto an external drive.
2) Plug HD into another Mac via Firewire
3) Select the external drive as the StartUp disk and reboot.
4) You should now be able to run on an EXACT copy of your old HD, but on the new machine.
5) Send the PB off for repair.
6) Keep working on the external drive.
7) The PB returns so plug in the external drive and select it as the StartUp disk.
8) Now that you are working off of the external drive on your newly fixed PB, just run CCC one more time to clone the external drive to the PBs internal drive.

It has worked for me multiple times. The key is that you can only clone to a non-StartUp disk so you have to StartUp using the copy that you want to retain.

pretty much what you said, but it doesn't answer my question. I don't see my LaCie as an option for startup disk???

Thanks for the reply Mad Jew, I think I will go with the Migration when the new HD is installed. Any idea why I am not able to reboot from the external drive right now as a test. Would it matter that I organized the cloned info into a folder (to keep it neat), among my other backup folders?? Does the clone need to be alone?

Here is what I saw when i tried to restart + option key:

I restarted with the option button and a screen (kinda whitish) appeard with four icons: 1> a refresh looking icon 2>a Mac HD folder 3>another Mac HD folder 4>a 'next' or 'continue' looking arrow (pointing right).

I clicked the 3>(identical to 2>) then the 'continue' icon and a screen of computer language sprawled down and the last line said something like:

panic: Kernal.....we are hanging here.

I almost #$%^ myself thinking something bad just happened. But I restarted the comp and all is well. But what do I do???

it's firewire

I'm still using the old hard drive, my Hitachi 80GB 7200 RPM is backordered, they said I should get it Sat. or Mon. Since I have all the backup info I need (multiple times actually) I think I'm going to install Tiger on the new one and just transfer my data over manually or with Migration Ass.. I wanted to see how this clone business worked b/c it sounds really cool.

Once my new HD has all my stuff, I'm gonna erase the LaCie and partition it to 80GB (same as the new one, and 70 GB) and start over with this cloning thing until it works-maybe I'll use SuperDuper instead.

I do have another question (imagine that): Should I partition my new internal drive or is that only for really large drives?? I know I need to format it with disk utility from the Tiger DVD.

Thanks for the input, have you had any experience with CCC vs SuperDuper? I know you must pay to use incremental backups with superduper.

thanks for all your help Mad Jew, I do appreciate it!

brian