Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 22:59:25 +0200 (MEST)
From: gf sciacca [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Installing OS X on USB external hard drive?
I think it would be technically possible to boot from a USB extedrnal
drive, but I imagine that the setup would run OS X very poorly. I
second
other previous
Hi folks,
I have a Powerbook G3 (Lombard) with 192 MB of RAM. In an effort to
move to OS X, I was advised to get a USB external hard drive to
install it on, because my internal drive is small (4 GB). So
yesterday I purchased a Maxtor 80 GB external hard drive.
I was disappointed to read on
On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 04:59:52AM -0500, D. G. Bowie wrote:
:
: I have a Powerbook G3 (Lombard) with 192 MB of RAM. In an effort to
: move to OS X, I was advised to get a USB external hard drive to
: install it on, because my internal drive is small (4 GB). So
: yesterday I purchased a
Also to note, running OS X off a USB 1.1 would just be way too slow,
the speeds of USB 1.1 are not suitable to run off of imo. I would also
recommend looking into upgrading the internal hard drive instead.
-Richard Bae
On 4 May 2004, at 04.27, Eugene Lee wrote:
On Tue, May 04, 2004 at
I think it would be technically possible to boot from a USB extedrnal
drive, but I imagine that the setup would run OS X very poorly. I second
other previous recommendations and would suggest to upgrade the internal
drive. I've done that myself (it's very easy) on a 333 Lombard and given
new life