On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 09:34, Robert Wideman wrote: > The simple answer to bootable HD's on USB is....NO. > Answer the question yourself...is USB bootable?....NO. > Only Firewire/1394 (legally only Apple can use the term Firewire, its 1394 > for any other OS/architecture) and SCSI are possible external bootable > media. > Try it yourself....if you have a USB cd-rom boot off a MDK9 cd. Does it > work? NO > No HD's can be bootable until the bios of the MB's are made that way or the > usb cards are made with a bootable bios option. > Just like you have to have the option of scsi to be bootable. Also the SCSI > cards have a bios on them that give you an option to be bootable. > > Rob
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