Q: Why won’t the Powermac G5 accept a cloned SSHD

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

Posted on Jan 19, 2015 3:24 PM

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by BDAqua,

BDAqua Jan 19, 2015 4:52 PM in response to jamesweld
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Jan 19, 2015 4:52 PM in response to jamesweld

Is the SSD 1.5 Gb/s compatible?

What version of OSX are you running?
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by Allan Eckert,

Allan Eckert Jan 19, 2015 4:54 PM in response to jamesweld
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Jan 19, 2015 4:54 PM in response to jamesweld

Also what version of OS X was cloned onto the SSD?

I don't know what an SSHD is?
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by BDAqua,

BDAqua Jan 19, 2015 5:10 PM in response to Allan Eckert
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Jan 19, 2015 5:10 PM in response to Allan Eckert

SSHD is a combo SSD & HDD.
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by kaz-k,

kaz-k Jan 19, 2015 9:12 PM in response to jamesweld
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Jan 19, 2015 9:12 PM in response to jamesweld

What software did you use for making clone drive?
Resetting PRAM could solve the problem.
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by a brody,

a brody Jan 24, 2015 7:56 PM in response to jamesweld
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Jan 24, 2015 7:56 PM in response to jamesweld

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?
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by jamesweld,

jamesweld Jan 25, 2015 4:28 PM in response to jamesweld
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Jan 25, 2015 4:28 PM in response to jamesweld

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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by BDAqua,

BDAqua Jan 25, 2015 8:39 PM in response to BDAqua
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Jan 25, 2015 8:39 PM in response to BDAqua

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by Erik Savesen,

Erik Savesen Jan 29, 2015 6:34 AM in response to jamesweld
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Jan 29, 2015 6:34 AM in response to jamesweld

are you using APM because PowerMacs don't boot in GPT
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by jamesweld,

jamesweld Jan 29, 2015 5:57 PM in response to Erik Savesen
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Jan 29, 2015 5:57 PM in response to Erik Savesen

Hello Erik. I’m unfamiliar with APM and GPT. Could you explain what it is and how I can make the SSHD an APM?
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by Allan Eckert,

Allan Eckert Jan 29, 2015 6:09 PM in response to jamesweld
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Jan 29, 2015 6:09 PM in response to jamesweld

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.
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by Erik Savesen,

Erik Savesen Jan 30, 2015 12:29 AM in response to jamesweld
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Jan 30, 2015 12:29 AM in response to jamesweld

You start Disk Utility
Choose disk
Go to Partition tab
Choose APM
Click OK
Clone Again
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