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From: Daniel L. Snyder on 20 Jun 2008 22:42
I just got a MacBook Pro recently, migrating from my prior Powerbook.
Today I tried to backup the MBP using Super Duper - going from the HD on
the MBP to a partition on an external firewire HD. I had previously
used that HD to backup the Powerbook, so I renamed it and as far as I
know, backed up the MBP entirely. However, when it was done I could not
find that partition as an available startup option.

It is the latest version of SuperDuper (having checked for updates).
What am I doing wrong here? Any ideas?
From: Tom Stiller on 20 Jun 2008 22:50
In article
<snyds_remove-this_-50ACB6.21422120062008(a)cnews.newsguy.com>,
"Daniel L. Snyder " <snyds_remove-this_(a)tcq.NOSPAM.net>
wrote:

> I just got a MacBook Pro recently, migrating from my prior Powerbook.
> Today I tried to backup the MBP using Super Duper - going from the HD on
> the MBP to a partition on an external firewire HD. I had previously
> used that HD to backup the Powerbook, so I renamed it and as far as I
> know, backed up the MBP entirely. However, when it was done I could not
> find that partition as an available startup option.
>
> It is the latest version of SuperDuper (having checked for updates).
> What am I doing wrong here? Any ideas?

Was the external disk formatted with the GUID partition scheme?
MacBooks won't boot from the old APT partitioning schemes.

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From: Daniel L. Snyder on 21 Jun 2008 00:20
In article <tomstiller-04F453.22505520062008(a)news.verizon.net>,
Tom Stiller <tomstiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
rank
> In article
> <snyds_remove-this_-50ACB6.21422120062008(a)cnews.newsguy.com>,
> "Daniel L. Snyder " <snyds_remove-this_(a)tcq.NOSPAM.net>
> wrote:
>
> > I just got a MacBook Pro recently, migrating from my prior Powerbook.
> > Today I tried to backup the MBP using Super Duper - going from the HD on
> > the MBP to a partition on an external firewire HD. I had previously
> > used that HD to backup the Powerbook, so I renamed it and as far as I
> > know, backed up the MBP entirely. However, when it was done I could not
> > find that partition as an available startup option.
> >
> > It is the latest version of SuperDuper (having checked for updates).
> > What am I doing wrong here? Any ideas?
>
> Was the external disk formatted with the GUID partition scheme?
> MacBooks won't boot from the old APT partitioning schemes.

Frankly I don't know, and am not sure how to tell. I am pretty sure it
was partitioned with Disk Utility under 10.4 as MacOS Extended. Would I
be correct that the partitioning scheme has to do with differences
between 10.4/PPC and 10.5/Intel? If so, then do I need to reformat the
drive? I still use one partition to back up an older iMac still running
the 10.4/PPC environment. Will I still be able to do that if I reformat?

Thanks for the advice.
From: Andreas Rutishauser on 21 Jun 2008 00:50
Salut Daniel

In article
<snyds_remove-this_-495804.23201120062008(a)cnews.newsguy.com>,
"Daniel L. Snyder " <snyds_remove-this_(a)tcq.NOSPAM.net>
wrote:

> In article <tomstiller-04F453.22505520062008(a)news.verizon.net>,
> Tom Stiller <tomstiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> rank
> > In article
> > <snyds_remove-this_-50ACB6.21422120062008(a)cnews.newsguy.com>,
> > "Daniel L. Snyder " <snyds_remove-this_(a)tcq.NOSPAM.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I just got a MacBook Pro recently, migrating from my prior Powerbook.
> > > Today I tried to backup the MBP using Super Duper - going from the HD on
> > > the MBP to a partition on an external firewire HD. I had previously
> > > used that HD to backup the Powerbook, so I renamed it and as far as I
> > > know, backed up the MBP entirely. However, when it was done I could not
> > > find that partition as an available startup option.
> > >
> > > It is the latest version of SuperDuper (having checked for updates).
> > > What am I doing wrong here? Any ideas?
> >
> > Was the external disk formatted with the GUID partition scheme?
> > MacBooks won't boot from the old APT partitioning schemes.
>
> Frankly I don't know, and am not sure how to tell. I am pretty sure it
> was partitioned with Disk Utility under 10.4 as MacOS Extended. Would I
> be correct that the partitioning scheme has to do with differences
> between 10.4/PPC and 10.5/Intel?

not quite: the difference is in PPC/Intel. It does not matter if 10.4 or
10.5.

> If so, then do I need to reformat the
> drive?

Yes, and repartition

> I still use one partition to back up an older iMac still running
> the 10.4/PPC environment. Will I still be able to do that if I reformat?

If you do not want to boot the iMac from tje repartioned drive, it
should be possible. If you want both to be bootable from their
respective backups, I'd suggest 2 drives.

Cheers
Andreas

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From: Daniel L. Snyder on 21 Jun 2008 08:44
In article <srhi-0E6687.02485621062008(a)newsgroups.comcast.net>,
Shawn Hirn <srhi(a)comcast.net> wrote:

> In article <tomstiller-04F453.22505520062008(a)news.verizon.net>,
> Tom Stiller <tomstiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > In article
> > <snyds_remove-this_-50ACB6.21422120062008(a)cnews.newsguy.com>,
> > "Daniel L. Snyder " <snyds_remove-this_(a)tcq.NOSPAM.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I just got a MacBook Pro recently, migrating from my prior Powerbook.
> > > Today I tried to backup the MBP using Super Duper - going from the HD on
> > > the MBP to a partition on an external firewire HD. I had previously
> > > used that HD to backup the Powerbook, so I renamed it and as far as I
> > > know, backed up the MBP entirely. However, when it was done I could not
> > > find that partition as an available startup option.
> > >
> > > It is the latest version of SuperDuper (having checked for updates).
> > > What am I doing wrong here? Any ideas?
> >
> > Was the external disk formatted with the GUID partition scheme?
> > MacBooks won't boot from the old APT partitioning schemes.
>
> The OP should also try plugging that external disk drive into the MBP's
> other USB port. If the current MBP generation is like my first
> generation MBP, only the USB port on the left is bootable.

It is a Firewire external HD, not USB. But that is a good thing to know
otherwise.
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