I think it would be technically possible to boot from a USB extedrnal drive, but I imagine that the setup would run OS X very poorly. I second other previous recommendations and would suggest to upgrade the internal drive. I've done that myself (it's very easy) on a 333 Lombard and given new life to an otherwise struggling machine, with a 40 GB IBM travelstar 5400 rpm. You can run OS X and surf alright, text documents, etc, but other serious work until 10.2.8 is in my experience out of question (I also have 384 MB of RAM), even with a fast internal HD.
I have not tried Panther yet, but I'm gonna do it shortly as I've heard only accounts of increasing speed. cheers, gianfranco > I have a Powerbook G3 (Lombard) with 192 MB of RAM. In an effort to > move to OS X, I was advised to get a USB external hard drive to > install it on, because my internal drive is small (4 GB). So > yesterday I purchased a Maxtor 80 GB external hard drive. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
