"Headless" means the computer has no monitor. (Usually this is done with
servers, and they're controlled through screen sharing.)
And that's not true; PPC Macs will not (officially) boot from USB devices.
Later G4's and G5's can be made to if you go through a lot of hard steps
setting up the USB drive, but I have never gotten that to work. Any Mac with
USB 1.0 shouldn't start from USB because it's just too slow; it takes so long
to boot, it just never comes up. (I know from experience! Tried to boot a G3
iMac from a USB DVD drive, and it just sat at the grey Apple screen for hours.)
FireWire DVD burner, or Target Disk Mode are the best ways to get around the
fact that they don't have DVD drives. (Or borrow a DVD drive from an iBook,
Powerbook G4, etc. They're compatible with the slot-loaders AND the tray
loaders. You just have to switch connector boards on the back)
-Elliott
>
>> Any PPC that is not "HEADLESS" and has a keyboard attached will
>> startup from any drive as long as it has a valid operating system
>> installed.
>
> What does that mean? I've never heard that term in the 26 years I've had
> computers.
>
> --
> Sincerely,
> Dennis B. Swaney
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