[muglo] Re: Renaming a computer (Root name) in OS X
- From: Martin Albinger <max@xxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 19:53:44 -0500
On Nov 6, 2005, at 5:09 PM, Eric Dunbar wrote:
> My one thought: "don't do it!"
>
> Migrating preferences is a BAD idea. The beauty of a clean install is
> that you can start fresh. Moving over old preferences merely increases
> the chances of a corrupted file.
Groan! Too late a fait acomplis.
>
> But, if you do want to do things like e-mail (the one thing I agree
> with) and bookmarks (I'm of the opinion that most bookmarks one makes
> are junk anyway... you probably only use a fraction of the bookmarks
> you make)...
The other system was relatively 'young'. The accounts I transferred
were only about 3 months old and neither of the users did much in the
way of preference changes or anything. (I controlled it all heh heh
heh!)
>
> Share the OS 9 machine's harddrive. Login to it using OS X Finder. Run
> Migration Assistant and select the files that way. Much easier than
> physically MOVING HDs!
The only options were firewire and a local drive. I tried logging in
as root to the iMac uing OS X but nothing showed up. I didn't think to
try oS 9. Oh well, I had fun taking apart the iMac (well constructed)
and doing the hard drive thing. I read some relatively good things
about the Migration Assistant as well as some bad things. Too early to
say if I have moved over some corrupt preferences etc. I'll monitor
the G4 for a month or two before I reformat the original drive with
Tiger on it. Just in case!
Come to think of it maybe I just better keep it as a back up. Might be
cheaper to get a new hard drive and add that to the tower for extra
storage.
Martin
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