Making a disk image

• Make all the necessary software changes as are current at this time
• Run Nortons Live Update
• Empty trash
• Clear all caches by booting to single user mode (Apple and S keys held down during booting) and run applejack command at black screen.
• Run DiskWarrior on Macintosh HD
• It is important that a bootimage be as clean as possible before cloning it
• Check the hard drive to make sure all folders are closed and it looks as you would want it to be.
• Attach a firewire drive with multiple partitions
• Turn off Norton Utilities from menu MUST
• All programs other than CCC should be stopped
• Open Carbon Copy Cloner
• Set Carbon Copy cloner Preferences to

    Create a disk image on Traget
    Prepare for Apple Software Restore 
    Read-only compressed

• Select The source Disk
• Select the Destination disk a firewire drive
• This will take some time 1 hour or more
• After image has been created Copy Image to Pippin and store in ASR folder. Change name to i.e. Spring05.dmg or appropriate name to indicate a new image.

-- ArthurHills - 26 Apr 2005