On Jan 24, 2009, at 12:44 PM, Charles Davis wrote:
> > > On Jan 24, 2009, at 10:40 AM, insightinmind wrote: > >> >> >> >>> >>> I'm not sure that the Quicksilver will even consider a 'Firewire' >>> drive when looking for possible 'boot' partitions. >> >> Startup with alt/opt held down, my QS 2002 did this just fine using >> the onboard FW connection to an external OWC FW case containing a >> 750GB Seagate with multiple partitions, one being an OS X Tiger >> 10.4.11 partition, another a Leopard 10.5.4. > > But that wasn't what was describes as an attempt. > What he tried, was to disable the internal HD, to force finding > something on the Firewire. The startup process using alt/opt stops and lets you select (or not select) the startup partition ... so isn't this equivalent to disabling (or not booting from) the startup partition that is on the internal drive? If not what you wanted, then search on ... Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
