On Sep 11, 2010, at 9:11 AM, Elliott Price wrote: > 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.)
Well, I've had G3 iMacs boot from a USB harddrive. It took a while, I do't recall the specifics but it wasn't longer than 30 minutes. I've also booted a clamshell ibook from a USB DVD drive, again, slow but it worked. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
