AboutEd Dyer Expertise Current Tech: Mac OS X 10.0 - 10.5, Some shell scripting, cron, launchd, Mac OS X Server 10.2-10.4, AD-OD Integration, Automator, Movable Type Blogging, All current Mac models, iLife '06 and previous, iWork '08 and previous, Apple Remote Desktop, Now Up to Date & Contact, Quark 6.x & 7.x, NetRestore/NetInstall, Font Management, WiFi, BASIC Cisco
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Dabbler: Newton 2100 w/ WiFi and NSync, Yellow Dog Linux, Suse Linux (PPC), Ubuntu Linux, Vista Business
Experience I'm employed as a Systems Engineering Manager at All Covered with a specialty in Macintosh technologies. I'm an Apple Certified System Administrator (ACSA) through 10.4 and have the lower certs as well (ACTC for 10.1 - 10.5), an Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist for 10.3 (ACHDS) and a member of the Apple Consultants Network, as well as an Apple Product Professional for 2002-2007. I have an MCP cert. from MS as well... I've worked with the Macintosh Operating system and various machines since my first PowerMac 8500 running Mac OS 7.5.3 in 1996. I support my friends and family in keeping their Macs healthy and upgraded. Now I use a MacBook Pro for work and have a Flat Screen iMac (intel 20" core 2 duo) for home use. I went to school for multimedia and design, but this knowledge-base is fading, though I primarily geek out with workstation deployment and server management. I'm sort of a "Mac of all trades" :)
Most important: I've also worked on PCs for a number of years with various flavors of Windows(95,98,NT4,2000,2000Server,2K3Server,SBS 2K3Server,Mil,XPHome,XPPro, Vista Business), but I've always used the Mac as my platform of preference. Publications http://www.macwindows.com : VPNs and Outlook
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Expert: Ed Dyer Date: 6/6/2008 Subject: Target mode
Question I'm trying to connect an OS9.2 G3 Tower to an OS 10.4.11 G4 iMac, so that the G3 is accessible from the G4. The screen on the G3 is broken, so I'm trying to use the iMac screen to look at the contents of the G3.
I was told to start up the iMac holding the T key, and this would put the iMac in Target mode. Then, I was supposed to connect a Firewire cable from the iMac to the G3. Are you familiar with this? Questions:
1. Should I start up the G3 first, and then connect the Firewire cable? Or, should it already be started up and then I connect the cable?
2. Once it is connected, what should I do to see its screen? All I saw was the Firewire symbol floating on the iMac screen.
3. Any other advice?
Thanks!
Answer Jon,
Thanks for you question.
1. It doesn't matter in which order you do this. You start up the computer with the broken screen in target disk mode, not the operational one.
2. You won't see it's screen, you'll see the TDM'd computer's hard drive mount on the operational one's desktop.
3. Nope.
