Further to mr Smyth's post: to start up in target mode, hold down T while the computer boots up (on the g5). Connect another mac via USB or FireWire and the g5 will mount as an external hd. Copy across files and then run disk utility ans select the g5's drive and select repair permissions.
Further to mr Smyth's post: to start up in target mode, hold down T while the computer boots up (on the g5). Connect another mac via USB or FireWire and the g5 will mount as an external hd. Copy across files and then run disk utility ans select the g5's drive and select repair permissions.