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It may also be safer
Authored by: VRic on Aug 03, '05 06:04:23AM
Someone better informed could confirm or correct this: at the time when FireWire networking wasn't built in the OS yet, I recall seing reports of problems when hooking 2 macs via FireWire without target disk mode, which sometimes occurs by mistake when you miss the T key, or release it too soon, or can't help scratching your nose when you shouldn't, etc.

If those are more than rumors, they still stand now because older systems without FireWire networking are everywhere (all OS9 macs without a 3rd party extension and maybe early OSX versions).

So, since FireWire is designed for hot-plug anyway, I always made sure TDM was set before plugging the FW cable, to avoid any electrical or logical problem.

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It may also be safer
Authored by: bdog on Aug 06, '05 12:26:40AM

I'm not completely sure about this, but I don't think plugging two computers via firewire while both are booted on an old OS doesn't hurt anything. I think FireWire was designed to be good like that. HOWEVER, DON'T PLUG IN TWO MACS VIA USB!! It will be bad! And that's why it's hard to find a type a to a USB cable.

I also confirm in whatever order you do this in it won't cause damage. I've done with with ever model of Mac that supports TDM and never had problems.

keloide, you should have used netboot. Would have been much faster.



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