iGame Radio

Right now, I’m watching my monitor as my new Mac Pro restores a disk image of my G5’s harddrive. It’s going to be a lengthy process, as I’ve been watching it for a few minutes, and the gauge has only moved a short bit. I’m not even certain what will happen after I create that image. I’m hoping that I’ll be able to move the files onto my Mac Pro’s harddrive.

You’d think I’d just be able to move the files directly from the G5 harddrive onto the Mac Pro. Apparently not. Not certain why, but the Mac Pro refuses to recognize the harddrive. I can see it in Disk Utility. But I can’t do anything with it. I tried plugging it into an external SATA drive. Nope, wouldn’t recognize it there either. For that matter, my Macbook Pro wouldn’t recognize it, too. Interestingly enough, my husband’s Linux box did.

This is all due to the fact that I decided to transfer my accounts from my G5 (her name is Janin) over to my new Mac Pro (he’s decided his name is Cress). Only Janin decided she wasn’t happy about this displacement, and has apparently committed seppuku. While in the process of trying to do the initial transfer via firewire, the whole thing stalled. I had to do a restart, and then all hell broke loose. Janin wouldn’t recognize the monitor, wouldn’t chime, and the fans started driving like there was no tomorrow. It didn’t seem to matter to her that she was going to be used by my girls (they are good to their computers). Naw, she decided to go out spectacularly.

I’ve tried everything. I unplugged everything except the monitor, keyboard & mouse combo, and power supply. I removed the video card and unplugged the monitor. I restarted PMU, PRAM, and NVRAM. Nothing worked.

Worse, I couldn’t find a single thing online to tell me absolutely what the reason was for Cress not recognizing Janin’s harddrive. Was it because Intel Mac’s don’t normally recognize PPC Mac harddrives? Is Janin’s harddrive hosed (doubtful, since I can still see it in disk utility and my husband can still manipulate files on his Linux box)? Is there a way to still get the harddrive to talk to the Intel Mac? Nada, as far as help. C’mon, Intarwebs…you’re supposed to be helpful, not annoying.

In any case, I’m going to be working on trying to get Cress up and running this week. It will hopefully be a one or two day process. But there’s no way I’ll get that done and get a podcast in at the same time. I’ve got way too much on my plate at the moment (remember, I don’t do just iGame Radio). But I will be posting info about the latest Mac news when I can.

Wish me luck!