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Can I boot a Mavericks mini from a Tiger backup bootable HD? - rgG - 05-29-2014
I have a bootable backup of my old iMac which was running Tiger 10.4. The last Tiger update.
I have my new mini running 10.9.3.
Can I attach the bootable backup drive and boot the mini from that drive?
I wanted to ask before just trying it.
Re: Can I boot a Mavericks mini from a Tiger backup bootable HD? - anonymouse1 - 05-29-2014
Depends on how new the Mini is. If it's the most recent one, it won't boot.
Re: Can I boot a Mavericks mini from a Tiger backup bootable HD? - PeterW - 05-29-2014
No, but trying it won't hurt anything.
Re: Can I boot a Mavericks mini from a Tiger backup bootable HD? - RAMd®d - 05-29-2014
Basically, you can't into a Mac with an OS older than what the Mac shipped with.
Re: Can I boot a Mavericks mini from a Tiger backup bootable HD? - rgG - 05-29-2014
RAMd®d wrote:
Basically, you can't into a Mac with an OS older than what the Mac shipped with.
That is what I was afraid of.
Thanks all.
Re: Can I boot a Mavericks mini from a Tiger backup bootable HD? - richorlin - 05-29-2014
Don't think it would work because the hardware, and the drivers, are different. The Tiger backup wouldn't have any Mac Mini specific drivers installed, therefore it won't boot.
But then again, I could be talking out of my rear end.
Re: Can I boot a Mavericks mini from a Tiger backup bootable HD? - hotdogthemovie - 05-29-2014
I have an i5 Mac Mini, Mid 2011 model, that I believe shipped with 10.7. I have a rescue usb drive with 10.6.8 and Disk Warrior that I use as an emergency boot disk that will boot this Mini.
I don't do anything with it other than run Disk Warrior, so I don't know if it's loading the correct drivers for all the hardware, so... YMMV.
Re: Can I boot a Mavericks mini from a Tiger backup bootable HD? - Speedy - 05-29-2014
Why do you want to do this? There may be an alternative.
Re: Can I boot a Mavericks mini from a Tiger backup bootable HD? - rgG - 05-29-2014
Speedy wrote:
Why do you want to do this? There may be an alternative.
I was just hoping to be able to easily access some of the information on that drive, if I need it later. I think I can transfer the stuff that has to have the older applications to my MacBook, that still runs Appleworks. I was just hoping to be able to access it directly from the drive rather than having to move the data.
I also have old emails in Entourage, but I have that on the MacBook also, so I can probably move those files over, too. I might see if the MacBook will boot from that drive, since it shipped with Tiger, or earlier, I think.
Re: Can I boot a Mavericks mini from a Tiger backup bootable HD? - Speedy - 05-29-2014
Attach the drive, find the data and use it. No need to have that drive boot your Mini.