Short story - Quicksilver PPC died, scavenged disks into FW enclosures, now trying to configure my ISP connection and looking for shortcut. Can I copy across prefs / config elements from my old system disk (PPC Tiger install) to my new system disk? Where can I find them? Also does my keychain on the old system hold my username/password info. I have the username written down but can't swear that the password next to it is correct! Can I copy my keychain in it's entirety, select part of it or have to forget it?
Cheers for any help provided.
bruce
You are in luck! Look in your Utility folder for a program called Migration Assistant. Start it up and choose the second of the two options - migrate from another volume (your fw drive with the previous system is attached, right?). Bob's your uncle - migrates all user settings, apps, network settings, files, etc. Caution - last time I used it to migrate from a ppc to an intel box - it migrated all the apps - even the ones that do not work on Intel boxes. Other than that it does a fantastic job. 'Nuff said.
Dan
I broke down and waded through Bell's help system to a real person who in a matter of a couple of minutes, verified who I was, verified I was a subscriber and proceeded to generate and make live a new password. Everything is all well with the world. I did use Migration Assistant to move some files but in the final analysis I've changed user names/profiles to clean things up and am letting the old me "fade away".
I love the Mini am finding Front Row a little frustrating though. My Samsung 206BW is a fantastic screen.
Cheers to all
bruce