Hi Josh, >From my understanding, I also thought you can't boot from a USB external drive.
But for whatever reason if you installed Tiger to the firewire drive, before you start the computer, turn on the firewire drive, then turn on the computer and it will boot straight to the firewire drive with holding down any keys during boot up. Regarding your other questions, not sure of. John Gunn Original Message: ----------------- From: Josh de Lioncourt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 08:33:46 -0700 To: [email protected] Subject: Alternative boots from external hard drives questions I'd like to clarify a few things I'm confused on. Is it, or is it not, possible to boot from a USB external hard drive? If it is possible, how, as I can't seem to sort out. I know you can boot from a firewire drive by holding the T key and boot time. If I can boot from a USB drive, I'd be an extremely happy camper. As for Firewire drives, I purchased one but later returned it as it required more power to work than the MacBook provides from the firewire port, and I don't wish to be encumbered with a power adapter. Can anyone suggest a small, portable firewire drive that can operate satisfactorily without an external power supply on a MacBook? Thanks. Josh de Lioncourt [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...my other mail provider is an owl... -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .
