Firewire Target Disk Mode HELP!

You will need to be a lot more explicit about what you did. Explain the process that you were doing with as many details as possible. What you did with each computer and where the process broke down.

I don't know what your problem might be, but you could always try putting the other system in target mode, instead, as target disc mode will work in both directions, enabling you to put what you want where you want to put it.

I want to transfer files from my G5 to my Intel MacBook, and while I gather, from the previous post, that I should make my G5 the target computer, in my mind (what there is of it) I keep thinking the MacBook would be the target computer since it is the target for the files I want to deliver to it. Does that part matter?

Also, are there any terrible things that can go wrong with such a transfer? I have a weak heart. . . . 8-)



G5 Mac OS X (10.3.9) / Intel MacBook / Mac OS X 10.4.8

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This thread is about firewire target disk mode help.

My question is about firewire target disk mode help.

As such, if it is 'piggybacking' or 'threadjacking', we're obviously not in Kansas anymore.

Once again - in a thread about firewire target disk mode help - does the target disk need to be the disk that will receive the data or does it matter?

Hi Jo

I don't think it should. When I transferred my programs from my G3 to my Intel iMac, it was the G3 that was in Target Disk Mode.

Hope that helps.

Steve

Many thanks, Steve! I'll get to work on it today, now that I know.