--- On Thu, 4/8/10, Mark Sokolovsky <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Mark Sokolovsky <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Ext 500 Gb USB Drive Issues on 450 MHz G4
To: [email protected]
Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 10:18 PM
I have successfully booted OS 9 from a USB flash drive before, but here is why
i was able to. External USB drives (not flash drives) use their own power
supply, and require an OS to be used or seen. Flash drives work as if they were
internal drives, but slower. I did install OS 9 to USB, it worked. I did try
tiger through on an 8GB flash drive. It worked, but it was SLOW when it came to
retrieving system files. Other than that, it works for me.
I too have used a USB flash drive to start up - works fine.
BUT as you pointed out, a USB XHD will not start up.
NOW, is there any USB XHD that does NOT have their own power supply and so can
start up?
JML
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