LRH’s uncle is an incredibly talented Montana photographer. Today he captured this image of a hawk sitting on a fence in the snow. Take a look at his online gallery for more great shots: http://bconnor.smugmug.com
Installing Leopard on a G4 from an Intel Mac over Firewire
LRH uses a Powerbook G4 running Tiger. For various reasons we both wanted to upgrade her Powerbook to Leopard and last night was my first attempt. It turned out to be an exercise in frustration and stupidity. Frustration for 3-4 hours lost on the project and stupidity for not realizing why it didn’t work the first time.
Usually, installing an OS on a computer is a straightforward process, especially with a Mac. However, we had the unfortunate added complication of a defective CD drive, so the install media had to be remotely mounted and used.
1st Attempt:
- Connected G4 Powerbook to Intel Macbook Pro with a firewire cable and booted the G4 Powerbook into target disk mode. Note that target disk mode is a way of turning a Mac into a giant external hard drive.
- Booted the Macbook Pro from the Leopard install DVD and formatted the remote drive on the Powerbook G4 to GPT. Installed Leopard.
- Reboot the G4 Powerbook only to find a welcome screen consisting of two buttons displaying a curved arrow and a right-pointing arrow respectively.
It turns out that the open firmware on the G4 does not understand the GPT partition structure used by Intel-based macs. Booting from Intel hardware invoked this method of installation that required GPT to be used before the OS could be installed.
What I Should Have Done:
While it should be possible to install Leopard by booting from the Macbook Pro a much easier solution is to just make the Macbook Pro appear as a disk on the Powerbook.
Booting the Macbook Pro into Target Disk Mode should make its DVD drive show up as a bootable drive on the Powerbook and the install should happen with the correct hardware being identified so the older partition structure will be used.
This blog is broken :(
I’ve been working on a migration from B2evo to WordPress and all of the posts and comments have been moved but the theme still needs some work. Yesterday I started to develop a sinus infection and today I’ve felt like @#$% so I won’t be spending any time trying to fix the blog until I start feeling better. The sidebar is currently located at the very bottom of the page due to a CSS error.
Christmas Critters
LRH, Siena and I went to Portland this year for Christmas. We made the journey before the snow storms hit and made it safely. Her parents’ deck was host to a bunch of little critters this morning as they were scurrying about looking for food. Instead, they found my camera. Here are two shots I snapped earlier:
We hope you have a merry Christmas this year. Be safe out there.
Siena and Portland Snow
LRH’s parents shot some adorable pictures of Siena and the recent snowstorm that hit Portland and the gorge. The pictures can be viewed in a Kodak gallery here.
Baby’s First Halloween
Siena turned 3 this Halloween… 3 days old. We dressed her up in two shirts, a bib and a pair of socks that T’s friend Tricia gave her. She spent most of the evening in a car seat and greeted trick-or-treaters with her daddy. The kiddies were more interested in the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups I was handing out than a 3-day-old baby just oozing cuteness. When their parent’s heard me announce her age they hurried over to the door for a closer look. One of the parents jokingly said “you’re not a proud papa, are you?”. Siena was quite a hit.
Maternity Photos
Now that we’ve brought Siena home from the hospital, it’s time to show some of the maternity photos we took the week prior to delivery. We set up a simple home studio. For a backdrop, we hung a bedspread from a closet clothing rod placed between a cabinet and a tall lamp. We opened our French doors so that natural light was bathing the photo space, and then shot all of the pictures using the overcast-filtered sunlight and a tripod when necessary. I absolutely love photographing my gorgeous wife!
Siena Has Arrived!
Siena Francesca Bettale was born Tuesday at 9:12 PM. She was 8 pounds 1 ounce and 20 inches long. T went into labor in the afternoon on Monday and we went to the hospital Tuesday morning. She labored in a tub initially which helped tremendously. I was able to help by massaging her back during the contractions. She later requested an epidural and was fortunate to receive 100% pain relief from it. Apparently this is not common. While T recovered from the birth, I was able to help with bathing, weighing and measuring our newborn. Our stay at the hospital was incredibly positive. We just arrived home from our 3-day experience and I’m going to post a few pictures here before I try to sleep. We are both exhausted but so happy. More soon.
Oh, and Siena is spelled and pronounced like the Italian city: “see-en-uh”
Waiting for Baby
We are in the hospital right now. T is sleeping comfortably and I’m listening to my unborn daughter’s heart beat on the fetal monitor. She made it 24 hours without medication of any kind but finally decided on an epidural. Now she is able to sleep and gather strength for the birth in a few hours.
This is a great hospital – free wifi and a room with a beautiful view of Mt Adams and the Columbia River Gorge.
More soon :)
Fun in Seattle
We had a really fun day yesterday. Our plan was to go to Seattle because we had some stuff to take care of. We finished our business early and decided to play in the city for a bit. We headed over to the science fiction museum at the Space Needle and then toured the EMP (experience music project). As a science fiction fan I really enjoyed touring the SciFi museum with T. The EMP seemed like a glorified shrine to grunge which was incredibly lame but understandable considering where the building is located. The upper level was fun, however, with sound-proof boxes featuring instruments and computer-based tutorials on how to use them. We took some shots of T’s 5-month pregnant belly outside of the museum. Its reddish-brown riveted paneling made a perfect background to compliment my wife’s beautiful hair. Before heading home we dined at Benihana, and sipped delicious mango piña colada smoothies. It was a good night and we got to check off a few more items on our adventure to-do list.
