Re: Can you do the same with usb2? [WAS: Use External FW drive as backup boot drive for Powerbook?]
I was wondering if you can boot off of an external USB2 hard drive. - Rudi My understanding is that since USB isn't shown in the device tree it can't be booted in a normal way. You can select it in Startup Disk but it won't boot. I believe some type of hack could be written to allow USB booting, but none are available AFAIK. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Can you do the same with usb2? [WAS: Use External FW drive as backup boot drive for Powerbook?]
on 01/02/05 16:20, Rudi Reitberg at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering if you can boot off of an external USB2 hard drive. - Rudi I can't see why you couldn't... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooks's Law prov.: Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later -- a result of the fact that the expected advantage from splitting development work among N programmers is O(N) (that is, proportional to N), but the complexity and communications cost associated with coordinating and then merging their work is O(N^2) (that is, proportional to the square of N). The quote is from Fred Brooks, a manager of IBM's OS/360 project and author of The Mythical Man-Month (Addison-Wesley, 1975, ISBN 0-201-00650-2), an excellent early book on software engineering. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Can you do the same with usb2? [WAS: Use External FW drive as backup boot drive for Powerbook?]
In my experience with a USB2 external I haven't been able to do it, when you go to start-up control panel, the usb drive is not an option , with firewire it is recognized On Feb 1, 2005, at 3:39 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 01/02/05 16:20, Rudi Reitberg at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering if you can boot off of an external USB2 hard drive. - Rudi I can't see why you couldn't... -Laurent. Hector I. Macedo Lord of the Flies Dallas, TX 75248 Piscaro Itaque dicet mendacium Then round his hook the chosen fur he winds, And on the back a speckled feather binds; So just the colours shine through ev'ry part, That nature seems to live again in art. John Gay Rural Sports 1720 -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Use External FW drive as backup boot drive for Powerbook?
On Jan 30, 2005, at 9:08 PM, Timothy Luoma wrote: I have a Powerbook (my only Mac) and I have a 60gb external FW drive. I would like to use that external drive as a backup boot drive in case my main drive dies on me some day (i.e. so I could hook up the external drive and boot off of that and copy files off the Powerbook onto the external FW drive before shipping it off to Applecare). Can I do this? How would I tell the Powerbook to boot off of the external drive? If so, What's the best way to install OS X onto the FW drive? [note: all I am looking for is a very minimal installation so I can just boot it and hook up the Powerbook] TjL Simply plug in the drive, format it, and pop in your OS X install CD, select the drive for install, and install OS X. It's a no brainer. Once OS X is installed, you can select the startup disk in System Preferences. If, for example, something is corrupted on your internal drive in your Pismo and you need to boot from the Firewire drive, then after you press power on your Pismo (make sure the external drive is plugged in and powered up), hold down the shift key until you see a blue screen where you will be able to select a drive to boot from. I too use a 75 gig external Firewire drive for backup. Works great. . .hope this helps, Zoltan THE BLUETOOTH (and WiFi) MASTER -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Use External FW drive as backup boot drive for Powerbook?
On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 9:38 am -0800, Zoltan Batiz wrote: after you press power on your Pismo (make sure the external drive is plugged in and powered up), hold down the shift key until you see a blue screen where you will be able to select a drive to boot from. Shouldn't that be 'option key'? TimH -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Use External FW drive as backup boot drive for Powerbook?
On Jan 31, 2005, at 4:57 AM, Tim Hodgson wrote: On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 9:38 am -0800, Zoltan Batiz wrote: after you press power on your Pismo (make sure the external drive is plugged in and powered up), hold down the shift key until you see a blue screen where you will be able to select a drive to boot from. Shouldn't that be 'option key'? TimH Correct, option key. Sorry, shift key is for other diagnostic purposes. Thanks. Z -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Use External FW drive as backup boot drive for Powerbook?
on 31/01/05 00:08, Timothy Luoma at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Powerbook (my only Mac) and I have a 60gb external FW drive. I would like to use that external drive as a backup boot drive in case my main drive dies on me some day (i.e. so I could hook up the external drive and boot off of that and copy files off the Powerbook onto the external FW drive before shipping it off to Applecare). Can I do this? How would I tell the Powerbook to boot off of the external drive? If so, What's the best way to install OS X onto the FW drive? [note: all I am looking for is a very minimal installation so I can just boot it and hook up the Powerbook] TjL Use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone your startup drive. Then, use the Startup Disk preference pane to change the startup disk. This is all assuming you're running some version of Mac OS X... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] field servoid [play on `android'] /fee'ld ser'voyd/ n.: Representative of a field service organization (see field circus). This has many of the implications of droid. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
