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Mac Forum / Country Specific / UK Mac Group / May 2008Installing Mac OS X on external
Can I install Mac OS X Leopard onto an external FireWire drive on this here iMac G5 without putting the files on my internal drive in jeopardy? I'm still trying to resolve why my AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth don't work. I ran AHT and everything got a clean bill of health so I'm suspecting software.  Signatureremove stars for email g*a*r*y*c*o*w*e*l*l*a*t*m*a*c*d*o*t*c*o*m > Can I install Mac OS X Leopard onto an external FireWire drive on this here > iMac G5 without putting the files on my internal drive in jeopardy? Yes. > I'm still trying to resolve why my AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth don't work. > > I ran AHT and everything got a clean bill of health so I'm suspecting > software. AHT is quite fallible :-( Cheers, Chris > Can I install Mac OS X Leopard onto an external FireWire drive on this here > iMac G5 without putting the files on my internal drive in jeopardy? Yes just boot off the DVD, choose the external drive as the target, and follow the instructions. Shouldn't touch the inner drive. > I'm still trying to resolve why my AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth don't work. > > I ran AHT and everything got a clean bill of health so I'm suspecting > software. The AHT disc will pass machines as the logic board is showing obvious signs of logic board failure. There are very few reports of it actually being useful. SignatureJon B Above email address IS valid. <http://www.bramley-computers.co.uk/> Apple Laptop Repairs. > Can I install Mac OS X Leopard onto an external FireWire drive on this here > iMac G5 without putting the files on my internal drive in jeopardy? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I ran AHT and everything got a clean bill of health so I'm suspecting > software. Yes. SignatureSara The teeth are free at last! Fly free, young teethies! > Can I install Mac OS X Leopard onto an external FireWire drive on this here > iMac G5 without putting the files on my internal drive in jeopardy? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I ran AHT and everything got a clean bill of health so I'm suspecting > software. Have you tried simply running from a new, clean, user account? SignatureAndy Hewitt <http://web.mac.com/andrewhewitt1/> > Have you tried simply running from a new, clean, user account? I tried that. I get the same problems. BT disconnects and AE can't be configured. I thought that these would be lower level problems than user accounts so I thought I'd try an OS install to a different drive and see if it made a difference. I'm just on edge that this was exactly the time I installed the RAM in the iMac despite having done that kind of thing many times before. Plus the AE+BT module is nowhere near the RAM slots in my iG5 and I didn't touch it. Signatureremove stars for email g*a*r*y*c*o*w*e*l*l*a*t*m*a*c*d*o*t*c*o*m > > Have you tried simply running from a new, clean, user account? > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > iMac despite having done that kind of thing many times before. Plus the AE+BT > module is nowhere near the RAM slots in my iG5 and I didn't touch it. OK, just a thought. SignatureAndy Hewitt <http://web.mac.com/andrewhewitt1/> |
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