Amanda Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 2. It has a 10GB hard drive which is... well, not >> big. I have a 40GB USB >> drive and want to know if the iBook can boot from >> that drive? I dunno where all the other respondants are (not) getting their info, but the Dual USB iBooks can indeed boot from an external USB drive. Not that I'd recommend it as USB 1 is dog slow, but it CAN be done.
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