Re: Can G4 boot from flash drive?
I've done it. I wouldn't recommend it though. Its very very slow. I needed to install OS 9 on my Mac. I didn't have a CD that would work so I used SheepShaver(a PowerMac emulator) to install on the USB stick. Then held down option, if I remember correctly, and it showed up in the boot selector. If you are trying to do a CD you need to lock the volume. The mac os installer at least uses that to check whether its on the original cd or not. On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Elliott Price callmemrp...@gmail.comwrote: No; G3's, G4's and G5's won't boot to USB devices without some very extensive work on the external device. I've tried before to do this with an external USB HD, without any luck. Too bad they never made FireWire thumb drives... You can't boot from a disk image, because in order to open that image, the computer has to be booted into an OS already. Your best bet is an external FireWire HD. -- 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
Re: Can G4 boot from flash drive?
On 2/16/10 9:03 PM, williamd wrote: On 16 Feb 2010, at 21.52, Clark Martin wrote: SOME PPC Macs will boot from USB. It's kind of hit or miss. And in one case I ran into it worked for OS 9 but not OS X. But in other cases I have booted OS X from USB. Is there a key combo or something to see if it will boot the usb (like holding down c boots the cd)? Hold down option at boot, it will show and allow you select any available bootable drives. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- 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
Re: Can G4 boot from flash drive?
No; G3's, G4's and G5's won't boot to USB devices without some very extensive work on the external device. I've tried before to do this with an external USB HD, without any luck. Too bad they never made FireWire thumb drives... You can't boot from a disk image, because in order to open that image, the computer has to be booted into an OS already. Your best bet is an external FireWire HD. -Elliott Price Quoit - Macintosh Computer Services hobbittech.com/quoit On Feb 15, 2010, at 12:16 AM, williamd wrote: Just wondering whether my imac G4 can boot to an os or iso on a usb flash drive? Is there a way to force it to do so, instead of booting to the hd? Or, if the hd is not formatted and no cd is present, will it just see and boot to the usb flash drive? Thanks. -bill -- 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 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
