Copied the operating system from my 5400 rpm HD and put it on a SSHD. Although it was perfectly cloned by the software, the computer sees it but won’t start with the software on the SSHD. It just reverts to the original harddrive . If I take the original harddrive out of the G%’s bay and only have the SSHD, it won’t start up from it
PowerMac, iOS 5.1.1
Is the SSD 1.5 Gb/s compatible?
What version of OSX are you running?
Also what version of OS X was cloned onto the SSD?
I don't know what an SSHD is?
SSHD is a combo SSD & HDD. 🙂
What software did you use for making clone drive?
Resetting PRAM could solve the problem.
iOS will not run on PowerMacs. Neither will Mac OS X 10.6 or later. Are you trying to install something newer than 10.5.8?
The system on the powermac and on the cloned SSHD is 10.5.8, not an iOS.
THe powermac runs fine on the 10.5.8 with the 5400rpm harddrive but will not run on the cloned solid-state drive
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are you using APM because PowerMacs don't boot in GPT
Hello Erik. I’m unfamiliar with APM and GPT. Could you explain what it is and how I can make the SSHD an APM?
APM and GPT are different kinds of disk formatting used by Apple see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Partition_Map for more details. The new Intel Macs require GPT to boot. Whereas the old PowerPC Macs require APM. To change the format type you must reformat the disk which will wipe all the data from the disk so backup first.
You start Disk Utility
Choose disk
Go to Partition tab
Choose APM
Click OK
Clone Again
Why won’t the Powermac G5 accept a cloned SSHD
