On Nov 30, 2008, at 7:58 PM, George Hozendorf wrote: > In the past I've had no problem making a bootable backup via > firewire with Carbon Copy Cloner. Now that I'm using a USB > connected external HD, it doesn't show up when I go to Startup Disk > in System Preferences. Is there no way I can boot into a USB > external drive?
As Dan has pointed out, the HD needs to be formated as "GUID Partition Scheme" in Disk Utility in order to boot an Intel Mac. All OEM USB HDs are formated as "Master Boot Record" initially, which is unbootable on any Mac except a hackintosh PC. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
