Target Disk Mode with 2 HDs?

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  1. bunkre, Nov 7, 2004

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    I want to mount the 2 hard drives in a G4 powermac via FireWire Target Disk Mode. It seems to only connect to one of the drives, and oddly enough, it's not the startup disc?

    Any tips on how to either choose which one it will connect to or how to connect to both?

    Once i have them both backed up to DVD i can sell it off and enjoy having just my new iMac G5 on my desk. :)

    Thanks!
     
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  2. rdowns, Nov 8, 2004

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    Not sure how to or if you can do that. Why not just connect the 2 computers via Ethernet?
     
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  3. kettle, Nov 8, 2004

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    would it not just target anything on the ATA bus?

    I've only ever done it using an external iMac with one drive. In theory it should mount CD and zip drives too. well maybe not the internal zip, but it might do.

    Firewire is much easier for occasional big transfers than ethernet.
     
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  4. bunkre, Nov 9, 2004

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    yeah, i thought it would mount at least both drives as well.

    as to why i want to do this is, like i said, i'm backing everything on my old mac to DVD before i sell it - but it wont let me just drag absolutely everything over from the system disk while it's running that OS (mostly things inside the sytem folder) via ethernet. i just need to know i have everything before i let it go.

    i tried switching the other HD from slave to master to see if that would show up instead via firewire. no luck. i think it must have OS 8 or above on the drive or something.

    oh well...


     
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  5. stoid, Nov 9, 2004

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    Go backward. Start up the iMac in Target Disk Mode, and mount it on the tower, then from the tower copy everything over.
     
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  6. iJon, Nov 9, 2004

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    If not just try connecting via Firewire over IP. That's what I do if i do not want to restart a certain machine.

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  7. Mechcozmo, Nov 9, 2004

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    Just network em via FireWire. One of the 150 things in Panther.
     
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