On Nov 5, 2013, at 11:26 AM, Fabian Fang wrote: > On Nov 1, 2013, at 4:52 PM, John Carmonne wrote: > >>> I keep all my installers on a USB stick The only machines I have that won't >>> boot USB is the Mini and G5 PowerMac >> I have a 64G that has DiskWarrior, all the Intel ASD's plus all system >> installers. 10.5.10.6,10.7 and 10.8. And I have a 32 with all the PPC stuff. > > > Good for you. The OP indicated in his rambling paragraph that his 2000 iMac, > presumably running OS 9, could not be restarted from his "only compatible" > USB backup flash drive. Perhaps someone can offer advice for just that > system. >
I use a normal Apple Partition Map formatted Mac OS Extended USB flash drive. Any USB equipped Mac will read it. He may be trying to use the USB stick right out of the package AFAIK they all come FAT32. John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
