FireWire Target mode and multiple partitions or volumes

Hello,
If I take my laptop and split it into two partitions, then put it in FW mode and attach it to another mac, with both volumes mount, or just the first one as laid out on the disk?
Let's say only the first volume mounts, can I put files there, and then install Leopard on the 2nd partition and have Leopard boot ok or does it need to be on the first partition??
Thanks

Both partitions will appear. Both can be made bootable.

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I am trying to connect my MacBook Pro to my older G4 using a firewire cable. My G4 has 2 hard drives, and one is divided in to 2 partitions. When I restart my G4 in target mode only the drive that is my start-up disk shows up.
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I've thought about just connecting my computers through file sharing but it only lets me share files in my public drive. Is there a way to share all of my files?
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Lets say the Username on Machine#1 is jk1, Username on Machine #2 is jk2, and is an admin on #2...
Then from Machine#1 use Go>Network, type in the name of Machine #2, (use the actual IP if the name can't find it), it should come up with the Dialog box with jk1 filled in for the name and asking for the password... but you have to change the name to jk2, (the one with permissions on Machine #2 to see everything), then type in the password of jk2.
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Booting from firewire target mode on a mac pro with kernel panic?

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i am wondering if it is possible to use firewire target mode to boot a mac pro that has never got past a multi language kernel panic on boot?
basically i have tried all the other options and cant get it to open the superdrive to insert my installation disk, as to repair the drivers with my snow leopard disk.
i've tried holding my mouse key down, the paperclip option on the drive itself and the firmware keycombo, so my idea is that the only way to fix it is with target mode. can this be done - and if so - could someone direct me towards a tutorial that will help me do this.
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i used the standard 't' command with the firewire symbol.
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i restarted the macbook and got some pretty crazy stuff happening to my calender - but so far everything seems to be fine.
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"i recently bought a mac pro and upon starting it for the first time opted to transfer the all the data i could over via firewire from my macbook pro.
Never opt to transfer until you have insured it works fine for a couple days, I would never use Setup or Migration Assistant until such time, and I would have a bootable backup clone.
Try pulling all the hard drives from inside your Mac Pro and boot from OS X DVD - latest OS build.

Security issue: Firewire Target Mode

Hi everyone,
I am concerned about the firewire target mode. As handy as it can be, what about security? I have some very confidential files on my computer and I wonder if there is a way to make sure that nobody can access my files via target mode.
Is there a way to disable target mode? Or to set a password for the target mode?
And I have a back-up on an external firewire drive. Is it possible to password-protect an external drive?
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FireWire Target Disk Mode falls under the category of "physical access," and there's an old computer saying that no matter what security you use, once an attacker has direct physical access to the hardware, all bets are off, because of the possibility of simply removing the hard drive and putting it in another case to gain access. Therefore, you should concentrate on avoiding theft or unauthorized access to your laptop, like never leaving it visible in an unattended car. You could also turn on FileVault.
I don't use FileVault because I don't want to tie up my CPU unnecessarily encrypting all the huge video, audio, and photo files within my Home folder. However, I do keep all my most sensitive documents (financial, etc) inside an encrypted disk image on my PowerBook hard drive. Anything with an account number or other confidential data is stored in there, and it's only mounted when I really need it.
For the backup, count me as yet another person who keeps backups on encrypted disk images on the external hard drive. It's an extra step to mount it before the backup and dismount it afterwards, but not that much of an obstacle really, and it's pretty safe.

Stuck in Firewire Target Mode

Hey all...
How do I get my G4 out of Firewire Target Mode?

The paradigm is that you have created an expensive firewire disk by putting your computer into TDM.
So, the first step is to unmount it (select, drag to trash in the computer you connected it to, or select and command-E to eject). That gives the non-TDM computer time to flush its buffers and make the filesystem on the TDM computer OK.
Then you disconnect the cable and power down (hold the power button).
Details:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
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Hello! Why don't you consider buying a firewire external case and put the old drive in the case. You can access your data and after you've got it all on the new machine you can use the old drive as a clone for emergency startup and repairs if it's large enough to clone your new system onto. Starting with a new machine you're probably better off starting from scratch and adding your data to the new virgin system. Tom
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How to set permissions in firewire target mode?

I have a 12" PowerBook that's running Leopard and a 15" MacBook Pro also running Leopard. The 12" machine won't boot, so I'm about to wipe the hard drive, reinstall Leopard, and try to reload from the time capsule.
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I have a imac 27" intel 10.6 that became stuck on grey screen, Tried everything.
problem dont have original cd install cd snow Leopard 10.6...
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Bootcamp and multiple partitions

Hello,
I need some help, i am new to mac, macOS and thinking mac.
*What i have:*
Macbook Pro 13" with a 750 Gb Harddrive.
*What i would like:*
3 partitions,
1st to run mac os snow leo.
2nd to run windows.
3th backup partition, for storage, backup, etc.
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I partition my disk with Gparted (linux based partition program) b4 installing any OS.
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Thnx, and have a good day.
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Hi and welcome to Discussions,
here's an older but still applicable one http://tripoverit.blogspot.com/2008/01/imac-dual-boot-mac-os-x-and-win-xp-with.h tml for doing what you want.
Depending on how you want to format the third (backup) partition JHFS+ (for OSX) or NTFS (for Windows) you can skip the Step 5.
Regards
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IS THE SITUATION HOPELESS
I used Target mode to transfer files to a new i7 iMac running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 from an older Dual core Intel machine (EMC 2105) also on 10.6.8. but originally Tiger 10.4. The operation was successful and I ejected the disk icon from the new machine and powered down the old machine. When this was restarted the next day there was a grey screen with flashing Mac symbol alternating with a 'no entry' sign and occasionally a question mark.Keyboard and mouse were unusable so k inserted the original instal disc (No.1 for 10.4. with installer 1.0.4) which came with the machine in 2006 in an attempt to boot from this. The ensuing window said this was not possible and now it cannot be ejected.I have tried everything ! It offers Disk Utility and other options like Terminal but that doesn't work either.I 'repaired disk' and that was pronounced o.k. None of the various keystrokes at start up will work, and the computer will only offer the installer disc continually.The only option would seem to be is to erase the hard drive completely from the disc in the machine.I don't want to do this as there is still material which I need to recover. I think the drive has in some way been corrupted by using it in target mode, and I don't know if there are any other options to try.
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Have you seen this type of problem before? I think it could be a serious issue for anyone in a similar position.
No; but then, I've not had occasion to use TDM. I've been using firerwire drives for over 10 years, both FW400 and FW800, with no issues except a bit of instability using a B&W G3 machine.
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• I don't suppose there is anything I can do to 'put back' lost items from a separate Time Machine drive which has an up to date backup on it.
There is probably a way to do that - seems to me that's one of the reasons for a Time Machine volume.
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I know that using a cloned drive would work well in this instance.
I have no experience with Time Machine, so perhaps someone who has will chime in with suggestions.
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How can I re-activate my creative cloud with a firewire disc in target mode?

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Sorry to hear about your difficulties on a lot of different levels . I'm inclined to think the target mode will not work because the activation process is reliant on the OS as part of the way it works. I think the target disk mode just treats the secondary system as an external drive - so the activation would be only affect the old mac book pro and not the apps on the target drive. But I could be wrong, it still might be worth testing given the circumstances. The activation process starts on the 11th of every month for your account.
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Will firewire target disc mode work if memory is bad?

My iBook G4 800mhz 640mb stoped booting osx 10.4.6 yesterday, all I get is gray, it will not even go to the apple logo screen and the HD sounds like it is going nuts. Lucally I have all my data backed up exept the project that I was currently working on when it locked up. I took my iBook home and connected a fire wire to my macmini hoping to retrive my project(which I have done a few times in the past.) this time the computer seamed to boot in target mode (the firewire symbol was on the screen) but the macmini did not see the iBook's HD. I tried a few tiems to no avail. I dug around in my closet and found my original osx10.4.3 DVD in hopes that I could run disc utility to fix whatever is going on. I booted with the DVD and It got as far as the grey apple logo and the spinning icon underneath but it hung there for about two hours with the HD going through what sounded like lots of searching. I had to give up at that point because it was 3AM. I do have a kensington 512MB memory upgrade in the iBook (which has been installed and working for around a year) and I was wondering if the memory could be screwed up causing the computer not to boot. Which leads into my question about the firewire target mode using the system memory. I guess another question would be will an iBook boot whith the only the original hard wired 128MB of ram and nothing in the SODIMM slot?
Thank you for any help.
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Broken firewire ports - boot problems - target mode help needed

HI there,
I have a 15" macbook pro from 2008 with core 2 duo cpu etc.
It has recently developed the problem of hanging during the boot process with a blue screen, taking around 5 minutes to get to the login screen.
Much research has led me to the solution of removing two files from the SYSTEM > LIBRARY > EXTENSIONS folder relating to the firewire bus (?) and this has solved the issues about booting. (IOFirewireIP.kext and IOFirewireFamily.kext)
(I put on a clean install of 10.6.3 and the screen stayed blue. Removing these two files in target mode fixed this problem.)
There is still a sleep problem though - i.e. the machine does not wake from manual sleep (Apple menu) or if the system sleeps after the time allocated in the energy saving preferences.
There are so many suggestions on the web, it's almost impossible to know what the correct course of action is.
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If the port were truly broken, how come it still works in target mode?
Is it possible that the firewire interface is not broken, but disabling these two files above could eliminate another associated problem?
Also, is there an online resource, or walkthrough, to eliminate what could be causing the sleep problems?
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Best wishes,
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Strangely, after installing a clean 10.6.3 - I've updated to 10.6.8 and the firewire ports are suddenly back and being reported in system profiler (whereby they were not before).
The two files I deleted above have been re-instated through the updates - and all seems well.
I've yet to check the sleep mode problem - but the firewire has at least sorted itself out...
That's a bonus!
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