First post, by Vipersan
I was recently gifted an Imac G5 which for me was a bit a bit daunting on account of NEVER used one..
This one has the built in camera and I believe this makes swapping out the 3.5 inch sata hard drive a bit more difficult than normal
Not that there appears to be anything wrong with the 160gb drive in it...but I would like to eventually get at least 500gb in there...and have triple boot.
Mac OS ..a version of windows and a version of linux.
I believe this is possible with a program called Refit.
My first reaction with any system I obtain...particularly one I'm unfamiliar with is ..clone the hard drive/os.
I figured I could do this with a 500gb external drive in a usb caddy..
I have already blanked the drive and created 3 partitions on it using the IMACs disk tools.
The first one being 160gb for the MAC os clone.
I was pleased to find the cpu was an intel core2 duo ...which I believe is the better option.
4gb memory is definately a plus as well.
...and the side slot dvd r/w is in working order.
So to getting a clone image of Snow Leopard...(the entire OS HD)
???
I read that the process involved starting the G5 with the command and R keys pressed..
..which would start up in recovery mode...?
Sadly this doesn't work for me...no matter how long I press those keys it just re-starts in the main OS.
Can anyone advise on what I might be doing wrong ?
..is there another way to achieve my goal ?
I've also read a firewire hd caddy is the way to go...but I simply dont own one...
A very nice gift I guess ..but at the moment is nothing more to me than a very nice DVD player..
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