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
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
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
