somewhere in the swiss cheese i remember something about the intel macs only booting from firewire. best...jf
> On Aug 20, 2006, at 9:34 PM, b3 wrote: > >> I'm having a bit of trouble finding a definitive answer to this. >> >> Can I boot my intel based macbook from an external USB drive? easily? > > As long as it is supported by the system(?), you should be able to. > >> I'm giving my current 160GB drive to the wife for backups, and >> want to get something larger for myself. USB drives seem to be >> much cheaper than firewire once you get above 160GB. >> >> thanks, >> >> Rick | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
