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Originally Posted by Finnigan  My issues with this are 1) I'm pretty sure I don't have a firewire cable, and 2) I only have one keyboard and mouse. I was thinking I COULD boot the new system, then unplug the keyboard and put it in the old system, then boot holding "T", then move the keyboard back to the new system, but I wasn't sure it would work. |
1. Firewire cable is worth having 2) Yes this will work. I do this all the time.
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Originally Posted by Finnigan So, I was wondering if it is possible to pull the hard drive out of the G3 iMac, and install it in the G4 powermac as a secondary drive slaved to the primary? This would be the easiest way I can think of to keep all of our files, music, etc. |
If you plan on installing the drive into the G4, set the jumper on the drive to CS (cable select). Change it back to Master if you move it back to the iMac.