Re: G4 USB external hd will not start up 10.5

2012-03-16 Thread John Carmonne
On Mar 15, 2012, at 6:44 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: I CAN NOT DUPLICATE THIS USING: Portable: Capacity:465.76 GB Removable Media:Yes Detachable Drive:Yes BSD Name:disk2 Version:1.30 Bus Power (mA):500 Speed:Up to 12 Mb/sec Manufacturer:

Re: G4 USB external hd will not start up 10.5

2012-03-16 Thread JohnCarmonne
On Mar 15, 2012, at 6:44 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: NOT WHAT DU SAID! I CAN NOT DUPLICATE THIS USING: Portable: Capacity:465.76 GB Removable Media:Yes Detachable Drive:Yes BSD Name:disk2 Version:1.30 Bus Power (mA):500 Speed:Up to 12 Mb/sec

Re: G4 USB external hd will not start up 10.5

2012-03-15 Thread David W. Morris
On Mar 14, 2012, at 12:37 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Mar 14, 2012, at 12:07 PM, JohnCarmonne wrote: PPC will not boot a GUID HDD AFAIK. You're correct, the partition map needs to be Apple Partition Map which CAN boot both Intel PPC Macs. Might this correct a WD Passport external

Re: G4 USB external hd will not start up 10.5

2012-03-15 Thread John Carmonne
On Mar 14, 2012, at 7:41 PM, David W. Morris wrote: On Mar 14, 2012, at 12:37 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Mar 14, 2012, at 12:07 PM, JohnCarmonne wrote: PPC will not boot a GUID HDD AFAIK. You're correct, the partition map needs to be Apple Partition Map which CAN boot both Intel

Re: G4 USB external hd will not start up 10.5

2012-03-15 Thread Jonas Lopez
REPLY IN CAPS BELOW --- On Thu, 3/15/12, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: From: John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com Subject: Re: G4 USB external hd will not start up 10.5 To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012, 5:26 PM On Mar 14, 2012, at 7:41 PM, David W. Morris wrote

Re: G4 USB external hd will not start up 10.5

2012-03-14 Thread Kris Tilford
On Mar 13, 2012, at 8:16 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: G4 USB external hd will not start up 10.5 Yes, this is true. Only a very few of the USB 1.1 Macs can boot from USB, only the colored iMacs iBooks, and none of the G4's can boot from USB AFAIK. You'll need an external enclosure with both

Re: G4 USB external hd will not start up 10.5

2012-03-14 Thread JohnCarmonne
On Mar 14, 2012, at 2:39 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Mar 13, 2012, at 8:16 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: G4 USB external hd will not start up 10.5 Yes, this is true. Only a very few of the USB 1.1 Macs can boot from USB, only the colored iMacs iBooks, and none of the G4's can boot from USB

Re: G4 USB external hd will not start up 10.5

2012-03-14 Thread Kris Tilford
On Mar 14, 2012, at 12:07 PM, JohnCarmonne wrote: PPC will not boot a GUID HDD AFAIK. You're correct, the partition map needs to be Apple Partition Map which CAN boot both Intel PPC Macs. If a G4 will boot a self-powered USB drive, then with APM it should be possible to boot both from

Re: G4 USB external hd will not start up 10.5

2012-03-14 Thread JohnCarmonne
On Mar 14, 2012, at 12:37 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Mar 14, 2012, at 12:07 PM, JohnCarmonne wrote: PPC will not boot a GUID HDD AFAIK. You're correct, the partition map needs to be Apple Partition Map which CAN boot both Intel PPC Macs. If a G4 will boot a self-powered USB drive,

G4 USB external hd will not start up 10.5

2012-03-13 Thread Jonas Lopez
G4 USB external hd will not start up 10.5 Wanted to make my new 500Gb external hd able to start up G4 PPC and also Intel ON SECOND MACHINE. For the G4 PPC, using Disk Utility, setting 1 partition and loading OS 9 drivers, under OPTIONS you can select Start Up as and option and USE Apple