mac to mac - which firewire cable

233 · 5 Sep 2011 at 22:42

going to be installing 10.5 on my G4 project rig (MDD) but it has a dodgy dvd drive

so my great plan is to use my macbook in target mode and connect to the G4 via firewire,

but i'm a bit confused over which firewire cable i want as theres a few options?

anyone point me in the right direction?

MagicBoy · 5 Sep 2011 at 22:43

What model is the MacBook?

233 · 5 Sep 2011 at 22:51

its an early c2d

MagicBoy · 5 Sep 2011 at 22:53

There should only be Firewire 400 ports on those machines. A standard Firewire 400 6-pin cable would do it.

233 · 5 Sep 2011 at 22:57

its port like the ones marked "firewire" in this pic

so a 6pin to 6pin will do me?

MagicBoy · 5 Sep 2011 at 22:57

233 · 5 Sep 2011 at 23:05

cheers,

i'll get one ordered up and give it a try,

i can somehow predict this will end in inexplicable fail somehow