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10.4: Create a single Universal binary bootable disk
Authored by: kainewynd2 on Apr 04, '06 12:39:42PM

I used a 15" G4 PowerBook and a MacBook Pro on this and at the end the PPC laptop booted, but could not load the Finder correctly.

Perhaps I did something wrong, but it seems that I might hold off on this for Leopard and just bite the bullet unless there was a step above that I missed; below is my process (in Wiki form ;))

==To Build a Universal Mac Image (Intel/PPC)==
===Intel===
# Format MacBook Pro (Intel) with two HFS+ partitions, Macintosh HD and INTELMac, and do a fresh install with:
## Printer Drivers
## Additional Fonts
## Language Translations
## X11
# Setup Assistant
## Connect to Wireless
## Register with: University; Helpdesk phone number
## Primary Use: College; Description: Other
## Name: ITS Mac Admin; username: itsmacadmin
# Run Software Update
## Restart
# Download Carbon Copy Cloner from xserver as itsadmin (not domain account)
## Clone Macintosh HD to INTELMac
## Empty Trash
## Shutdown

===PPC===
# Format 15" PowerBook G4 (PPC) with two HFS+ partitions, Macintosh HD and PPCMac, and do a fresh install with:
## Printer Drivers
## Additional Fonts
## Language Translations
## X11
# Setup Assistant
## Connect to Wireless
## Register with: University; Helpdesk phone number
## Primary Use: College; Description: Other
## Name: ITS Mac Admin; username: itsmacadmin
# Run Software Update
## Restart
# Download Carbon Copy Cloner from xserve as itsadmin (not domain account)
## Clone Macintosh HD to PPCMac
## Empty Trash
## Shutdown

===Merging===
# Hook PPC Mac to MacBook via target disk mode
## Clone INTELMac to PPCMac
## Boot from PPCMac on Intel machine via firewire... works
## Boot from PPCMac on PPC machine... dies a fiery death when Finder attempts to load...

===Future Work===
# Find out why it failed on the PPC machine.
# Fix number 1
# Try again



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