If you are using a PPC Mac and a firewire external, you can use Disk Utility to "restore" your main drive to the external. this should make a bootable copy on the external.
On Nov 27, 2007, at 11:00 PM, Green, Cathy C wrote: > 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: macgroup-bounces at erdos.math.louisville.edu 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 > > > <winmail.dat>_______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
