I did a clean install on the external drive instead of c/p or d/d the folders, but still couldn't boot from the external. But it's been a while since I've tried to boot from the external, so I can't recall exactly what the problem was. Should try fooling around with it to see if it's even possible....
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Matt Frost Sent: Tue 11/27/2007 5:42 PM To: Macintosh topics Subject: Re: [MacGroup] Startup Drive It should, any G4 can do a external hard drive boot. Is the operating system installed correctly on the external hard drive? If you try to copy and paste system folders from your internal to your external, you won't be able to boot. There are invisible folders associated with the OS that cannot be selected by Finder alone. Matt On Nov 27, 2007, at 5:35 PM, cgreen1 wrote: > Is that the reason why my G4 PowerBook won't do so? --It's not > Intel or > dual core...ccg > > > On 11/27/07 4:05 PM, "b3studios" <b3studios at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Intel Macs can boot from USB. >> >> I still prefer firewire, but they will boot from USB. >> >> >> On Nov 27, 2007, at 3:46 PM, Bill Rising wrote: >> >>> On Nov 27, 2007, at 14:21 , Glenn Hoehler wrote: >>> >>>> Can I use an USB external drive as a startup drive with OX10.4 or >>>> 10.5 with an Intel Core 2 computer? >>>> Can this be done with a firewire external drive? >>>> I think this worked with firewire on a power mac. >>> >>> I don't know if the interface makes a difference, but I've had no >>> troubles using external Firewire drives (both 400 and 800) as >>> startup drives on both ppc and core 2 duo Macs. >>> >>> Bill_______________________________________________ >>> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >>> be November 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >>> Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >>> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ >>> macgroup >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be November 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >> Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be November 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > www.MattFro.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 3769 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20071127/1322ff45/attachment.bin
