I am thinking of getting myself a nice G5 to replace my trusty G3 B&W.
The G3 has modern (= fast) HDs. Can I swap HDs from the G3 to the G5
just like that (and boot from them without any hassle) or is it not
going to work that easy?

Thanks - Robert

In article <438e9$433ff8a4$57d1408e$19655@news.versatel.nl> ,
Robert <krekmek********.com> wrote:

> I am thinking of getting myself a nice G5 to replace my trusty G3 B&W.
> The G3 has modern (= fast) HDs. Can I swap HDs from the G3 to the G5
> just like that (and boot from them without any hassle) or is it not
> going to work that easy?
>
> Thanks - Robert

No. The data cable is totally different.

The G5 uses the new Serial ATA (SATA) disks, and the G3's use the
traditional Parallel ATA disks.

You can get a PCI ATA controller for your G5 if you like.

Or just get an external Firewire (or USB 2) external enclosure and
put your G3's disks in the external enclosure and attach them to
your G5 using Firewire or USB2.

And with the external enclosures you can use them to move huge
amounts of data between systems, or you can so what many others
so, use them as detachable backup devices.

Bob Harris