On Apr 3, 2009, at 11:11 AM, nestamicky wrote:
> Brian Troisi wrote: >> >> On Apr 3, 2009, at 10:24 AM, nestamicky wrote: >> >> >>> Brian Troisi wrote: >>> >>>> On Apr 2, 2009, at 9:57 PM, pat wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I have an Intel iMac. I would like to know how to boot from >>>>> the USB >>>>> flash drive. Is it matter where I plug the drive? >>>>> >>>>> >>> I'm curious; does this really work. If so, how? >>> >> Yes it does. >> >> > Thanks, but would you care to say how you got it to work. Would all > USB drives work, or just some. Please pass on information that I > could use to try it out. This is fantastic news! Well, since you can boot from a USB HDD, booting from a solid state flash drive should work too. If you have a bootable WIndows Xp install, os x install or installer, or linux install or installer, it should boot fine. Use Startup Disk from System Preferences to chose which drive or optical disk to boot from. Good luck! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
