On Feb 10, 2013, at 10:39 AM, Click wrote:
Ideas and suggestions, please
Since the Beige G3 didn't come with either built-in Firewire or built-
in USB, neither if these are natively bootable, and holding the Option
key, or trying to select the HD in Startup Disk won't work.
The only natively bootable external option is the external SCSI port,
which should be able to boot any bootable System.
It's possible to boot OS X from the external Firewire HD by using
XPostFacto 4. In this case you'd use any internal HD as an XPF "Helper
Disk" in the XPF Options, and then point the boot at the external
Firewire HD. This will start the boot process on the internal HD, and
then seamlessly transfer the boot to the external HD after the
extensions that load the PCI Firewire card are loaded and the Firewire
HD is available. This is your ONLY option to boot externally from
unsupported PCI cards. It will also work with ATA cards that lack
Apple Boot ROM compatibility, and may work with some USB cards
although USB isn't officially supported by XPF because some cards were
very problematic. You can only boot OS X using XPF Helper Disk, so a
10.4.11 System would be optimal for the external Firewire HD.
If you decide to go this route, I can help with any problems off-list.
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