12-11-2006, 01:05 AM
Hey "Bert",
Here's how I handle these kinds of data migrations. You've already got everything you need:
1. Shutdown and install the 2nd 500 Gb drive. Personally, I'd put 500 GB drives in bays 1 & 2, the 300 GB in bay 3. Reboot from the 300 GB drive.
2. Use Carbon Copy Cloner, or Disk Utility, and make a bootable disk image of your 300 GB disk. Make the currently formatted 500 GB disk the target for the disk image. If you have anti-virus software installed, make sure it's disabled, otherwise it will scan the disk image being created and interupt the process. If your target disk is a Firewire drive, make sure you de-select "Ignore permissions on this disk" (command-i).
3. When the image has been created, copy it to the 300 GB disk.
4. Use Disk Utility to make a mirrored RAID using the 500 GB disks.
5. Now use Disk Utility's "Restore" tab to restore the disk image to the newly created 500 GB RAID-1 volume. Drag the DMG from the 300 GB drive to the left pane of Disk Utility, then drag that link to the "Source" field in Restore. Drag the new, blank, RAID volume from the left pane into the "Destination" field. Click "Restore".
Personally I'd use the 300 GB disk as a backup. First copy the DMG you made to the new RAID volume. Erase the 300 GB, and install a fresh, basic OSX system on it. Add as many disk utilities and other tools as you can find. Copy back the DMG of your old system. Pull the disk out and store it for posterity (safety deposit box?). Reinstall to occasionally re-image your system as a backup. No reason to leave it installed, and running all the time.
Disk images are your friend.
Now you've got the identical contents from your old drive on the new RAID. Serial numbers and everything intact! --Brad.
Here's how I handle these kinds of data migrations. You've already got everything you need:
1. Shutdown and install the 2nd 500 Gb drive. Personally, I'd put 500 GB drives in bays 1 & 2, the 300 GB in bay 3. Reboot from the 300 GB drive.
2. Use Carbon Copy Cloner, or Disk Utility, and make a bootable disk image of your 300 GB disk. Make the currently formatted 500 GB disk the target for the disk image. If you have anti-virus software installed, make sure it's disabled, otherwise it will scan the disk image being created and interupt the process. If your target disk is a Firewire drive, make sure you de-select "Ignore permissions on this disk" (command-i).
3. When the image has been created, copy it to the 300 GB disk.
4. Use Disk Utility to make a mirrored RAID using the 500 GB disks.
5. Now use Disk Utility's "Restore" tab to restore the disk image to the newly created 500 GB RAID-1 volume. Drag the DMG from the 300 GB drive to the left pane of Disk Utility, then drag that link to the "Source" field in Restore. Drag the new, blank, RAID volume from the left pane into the "Destination" field. Click "Restore".
Personally I'd use the 300 GB disk as a backup. First copy the DMG you made to the new RAID volume. Erase the 300 GB, and install a fresh, basic OSX system on it. Add as many disk utilities and other tools as you can find. Copy back the DMG of your old system. Pull the disk out and store it for posterity (safety deposit box?). Reinstall to occasionally re-image your system as a backup. No reason to leave it installed, and running all the time.
Disk images are your friend.
Now you've got the identical contents from your old drive on the new RAID. Serial numbers and everything intact! --Brad.