Use one external hard drive for both PowerPC and Intel backup?

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Use one external hard drive for both PowerPC and Intel backup?

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01-13-2009, 03:03 AM

Doc wrote:
10.5 is a universal (PPC/Intel) operating system.

If it's an APM-partitioned drive and you've got a Leopard volume on it then both the Intel and PPC Mac can boot from it.

I didn't realize that the version of 10.5 installed on Intel Macs was a Universal version, I assumed that it was Intel only. Learn something new everyday. Thanks.

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Use one external hard drive for both PowerPC and Intel backup? - by DewGuy - 01-13-2009, 01:46 AM

Re: Use one external hard drive for both PowerPC and Intel backup? - by mattkime - 01-13-2009, 01:47 AM

Re: Use one external hard drive for both PowerPC and Intel backup? - by yeoman - 01-13-2009, 01:57 AM

Re: Use one external hard drive for both PowerPC and Intel backup? - by GGD - 01-13-2009, 02:02 AM

Re: Use one external hard drive for both PowerPC and Intel backup? - by yeoman - 01-13-2009, 02:07 AM

Re: Use one external hard drive for both PowerPC and Intel backup? - by yeoman - 01-13-2009, 02:13 AM

Re: Use one external hard drive for both PowerPC and Intel backup? - by GGD - 01-13-2009, 02:26 AM

Re: Use one external hard drive for both PowerPC and Intel backup? - by yeoman - 01-13-2009, 02:32 AM

Re: Use one external hard drive for both PowerPC and Intel backup? - by GGD - 01-13-2009, 02:43 AM

Re: Use one external hard drive for both PowerPC and Intel backup? - by DewGuy - 01-13-2009, 02:45 AM

Re: Use one external hard drive for both PowerPC and Intel backup? - by GGD - 01-13-2009, 02:50 AM

Re: Use one external hard drive for both PowerPC and Intel backup? - by Doc - 01-13-2009, 02:50 AM

Re: Use one external hard drive for both PowerPC and Intel backup? - by DewGuy - 01-13-2009, 02:53 AM

Re: Use one external hard drive for both PowerPC and Intel backup? - by Doc - 01-13-2009, 02:58 AM

Re: Use one external hard drive for both PowerPC and Intel backup? - by DewGuy - 01-13-2009, 03:03 AM

Re: Use one external hard drive for both PowerPC and Intel backup? - by JEBB - 01-13-2009, 03:30 AM

Re: Use one external hard drive for both PowerPC and Intel backup? - by jdc - 01-13-2009, 04:06 AM

Re: Use one external hard drive for both PowerPC and Intel backup? - by samintx - 01-13-2009, 02:21 PM

Re: Use one external hard drive for both PowerPC and Intel backup? - by yeoman - 01-13-2009, 03:34 PM

Re: Use one external hard drive for both PowerPC and Intel backup? - by jdc - 01-13-2009, 03:54 PM

Re: Use one external hard drive for both PowerPC and Intel backup? - by yeoman - 01-13-2009, 04:54 PM

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