I realize this is a bit off topic for this group, but I know Scott will know the answer. I'd like to remove my internal ATV and boot from USB. I have no need for 40GB of space since all of my media is on SMB/AFP share or streamed. This would also cut down on heat and power consumption. Just wondering if anyone has tried this. I've actually created all the partitions and copied recovery media just like this was a new drive onto a 4GB USB drive but haven't removed the internal drive yet to know if it will work. I realize that I'll likely have to off-line patchstick the bootable USB, but that shouldn't be an issue.
It works :) I seem to remember that the AppleTV efi firmware takes a peek for the internal disk even if booting off a USB drive. Boot might be a little longer, can't remember now. You just have to try it, it will boot though with the internal disk removed.
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