Greetings. I am also about ready to jump on the CompactFlash boot-drive bandwagon for my 2400 (which I love!). Just to clarify, however, when you say "run the OS installer," are you saying I don't/can't just COPY the OS and apps from my hard drive to the CF card, and then assign the CF as the boot drive from the Startup Disk Control Panel? I have to actually INSTALL the OS onto the CF card first? I have the 1GB hard drive (thinking about up-grading this, too, after a while), and have it configured just about the way I want it (running OS 8.6, apps, etc.—even iTunes 1.1 using the iTunes for OS 8 patch!). I was going to just format the CF card and then drag all the contents from my HD over. But you seem to be suggesting that this approach won't work. Could you correct my impression?
Sure, copying your System Folder will work fine. I tend to think in terms of fresh install, to get just the System Folder contents wanted/needed for a particular Mac -- nothing more, nothing less.
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