external hard drive across different mac os

Jerry · Jerry #1 (**permalink**)

09-19-2009, 06:47 PM

So I bought this Iomega external hard drive to transfer files between my old power pc G3, mac mini (running Panther), and a MacBook pro. The advice I got from someone on an Iomega forum was, as I feared, to partition the drive for each of the computers.

1. Is partitioning necessary (on any external hard drive)?

2. Am I correct in understanding that,when partitioned, I would nott be able to access, for example, OS9 files on the drive from the MacBook pro?

Collin Bl · Collin Bl #2 (**permalink**)

09-19-2009, 07:48 PM

Hi Jerry, welcome to the forum. My feeling is u need to provide more info and that will help for folks offering suggestions. What OS on the MBP? What connectors on the Iomega HD. Older macs can dual boot - Classic and OS X - but fairly sure the MBP cannot but then again u do not give spec. You could use Migration Assistant on MBP and start G3 in target mode [hold T key after powering on and connecting with firewire cable ] see Applications/Utilities on MBP to suck your data off the G3 but i would not import any Apps - that can be set in the process.

Jerry · Jerry #3 (**permalink**)

09-20-2009, 09:42 AM

Yeah. I gave you incorrect info somehow.

I said G3 but it's actually a first generation G4 running Panther and Classic.

The mini is a power PC G4 also running Panther.

The MBP is intel powered running 10.5.

The Iomega HD is a portable drive with only USB connection

Is target mode like dos? I'm not familiar with that.

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Jerry #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 19, 2009 Posts: 3	09-19-2009, 06:47 PM So I bought this Iomega external hard drive to transfer files between my old power pc G3, mac mini (running Panther), and a MacBook pro. The advice I got from someone on an Iomega forum was, as I feared, to partition the drive for each of the computers. 1. Is partitioning necessary (on any external hard drive)? 2. Am I correct in understanding that,when partitioned, I would nott be able to access, for example, OS9 files on the drive from the MacBook pro?
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Collin Bl #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 07, 2009 Location: Napier NZ Posts: 3,273 Mac Specs: 27 iMac i5, 2.4 C2D MBP & iMac 20, 1TB dual TC, AppleTV, iPh4	09-19-2009, 07:48 PM Hi Jerry, welcome to the forum. My feeling is u need to provide more info and that will help for folks offering suggestions. What OS on the MBP? What connectors on the Iomega HD. Older macs can dual boot - Classic and OS X - but fairly sure the MBP cannot but then again u do not give spec. You could use Migration Assistant on MBP and start G3 in target mode [hold T key after powering on and connecting with firewire cable ] see Applications/Utilities on MBP to suck your data off the G3 but i would not import any Apps - that can be set in the process.
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