That can work, depending on what external HDD you bought. You see, i have a western digital "digital book" 500GB HDD extrnal that plugs in through firewire, but it will not be seen from my Mac at startup, because I haven't read on the box that it sad "Requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later odr for windows, Windows XP SP2 or later. My system boots from a flahs drive quickly, silently, and efficiently.
On 4/9/10, Kris Tilford <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 9, 2010, at 10:59 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: > >> 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? > > These external USB HDs WILL boot. You must attach the HD prior to > booting and have it fully powered up prior to starting the Mac. Hold > the Option key at startup to select the USB drive. You can also select > the USB drive from Apple Startup Disk if you're booted in OS 9, but > this WILL NOT work with Startup Disk in OS X. Using the Option key is > the best idea. > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
