" format it as an Apple Partition Map partition."
Thank you Bruce,

My partition options appear to be:
Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Mac OS Extended
Mac OS Standard
Unix File System and
Free Space
I have been using Extended and Journaled. The only "option" choice I see is under the erase tab, and that's for zeroing etc. Should I use a different version of Disk Utility? I'm using version 10.4.4, thanks, Roman

It was also mentioned at MacOS X Hints that a usb drive can be...


GUID is the partition format necessary for an Intel-based Mac to boot from. This format wasn't iuntroduced in Disk Utility until late 10.4. In fact it won't work on a PPC mac, you need to format it as a Apple Partition Map partition.

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