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LaCie d2 Quadra as Bootable Backup Drive

by JMBonn Mar 28, 2008 1:59AM PDT

I have setup this HD as a Back up to my G5 running OS 10.4.11 (Firewire Connection)

Retrospect clones the G5 to the LaCie daily; works great.

Bu the LaCie will not show up as a bootable disc under 'Startup Disk' or when I restart holding down the Option key even thought it is a clone of the G5.

How do I get the G5 to recognize the LaCie as a bootable disk?

Many thanks!

...John

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Retrospect "clones"?
by mrmacfixit Forum moderator Mar 28, 2008 3:12AM PDT

Are you sure you are using the correct terminology here.

I understood Retrospect to be a Backup solution and not a Cloning tool like Carbon Copy Cloner.

The Retrospect website makes no mention of Cloning.

If you are referring to the Duplicate function of Retrospect, you will find that it is NOT bootable from an external, or otherwise, drive. The only advantage of using the Duplicate function is that you can access the files without having to go through Retrospect to get them.

If you wish to create a bootable Clone of your drive, you should be using something like Carbon Copy Cloner which will produce a Bootable image of your HD.

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More on the Duplicate thing
by mrmacfixit Forum moderator Mar 28, 2008 3:28AM PDT

This from the Retrospect User Manual.

On the volume that you are trying to duplicate,
use the Finders Get Info, go to privileges, and turn OFF the "ignore privileges on this volume option"

The manual does not say, outright, that the duplication process will create a bootable drive but it does say that it is "useful for creating a bootable Mac OS X backup"

Maybe what they are suggesting is that you partition that drive and install a system on the partition, which would make the drive bootable and the data accessible.

As a matter of interest, did you format the drive before you used it or did is "just work" when you plugged it in.
If the latter, you may want to check to see how it is formatted. Drives that "just work" are usually found to be formatted as FAT or FAT32.
If this is the case, you would not be able to boot from this drive anyway.

A drive must be formatted as HFS+ (journaled) using the Apple table to be able to boot the a PPC processor machine.

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Clone/Duplicate Bootable Disk
by JMBonn Mar 28, 2008 5:34AM PDT

Thanks for the replies.

I was following Bob LeVitus' (Dr Mac's Guide to Backing Up Your Mac - Chapter 5) where he describes Cloning his HD with the Retrospect Duplicate Function.

I did format the drive into 3 partitions; 'About This Mac' confirms that the partitions are HFS + (Journaled)

But it seems logical that I have to Install a system on the partition rather than simply copying it.

Will give it a try!

Thanks!

...John

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(NT) Let us know how you get on
by mrmacfixit Forum moderator Mar 28, 2008 6:28AM PDT
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