Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive? - Eventually the Huawei E8372 dongle

2019-07-11 Thread Brian W Scott
> From: on behalf of Brian W > Scott > Reply-To: > Date: Monday, 01 July 2019 at 16:52 > To: > Subject: Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive? > > Hi, > > I’ve discovered a new wrinkle. > > When I tried the Huawei dongle in both the iM

Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

2019-07-01 Thread Neil Houghton
they have the Huawei plugged in Cheers Neil From: on behalf of Brian W Scott Reply-To: Date: Monday, 01 July 2019 at 16:52 To: Subject: Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive? Hi, I’ve discovered a new wrinkle. When I tried the Huawei dongle in both

Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

2019-07-01 Thread Brian W Scott
Hi, I’ve discovered a new wrinkle. When I tried the Huawei dongle in both the iMac and the Mac Mini both were currently connected to the internet through my home modem/router and I just went to the Network preferences and selected the Huawei when it showed up and tested the internet and it

Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

2019-07-01 Thread Neil Houghton
d all (if that is indeed the problem). I’ll leave it at that for now. Let us know how you go. Cheers Neil From: on behalf of Brian W Scott Reply-To: "wamug@wamug.org.au" Date: Monday, 01 July 2019 at 10:03 To: "wamug@wamug.org.au" Subject: Re: Is it possible to

Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

2019-07-01 Thread Neil Houghton
Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com From: on behalf of Ronni Brown Reply-To: WAMUG Date: Monday, 01 July 2019 at 11:06 To: WAMUG Subject: Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive? Hi Brian, Did you download the updated drivers for EI Capitan? Huawei

Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

2019-06-30 Thread Ronni Brown
too small to put a bare OSX operating system on – 32GB is >> plenty!! >> >> I’ll come back with more on the bootable USB >> >> >> Cheers >> >> Neil >> -- >> Neil R. Houghton >> Albany, Western Australia >> Tel:

Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

2019-06-30 Thread Brian W Scott
ssumology.com <mailto:n...@possumology.com> > > -Original Message- > From: on behalf of Brian W > Scott > Reply-To: WAMUG > Date: Sunday, 30 June 2019 at 14:48 > To: WAMUG > Subject: Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive? > > Well

Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

2019-06-30 Thread Neil Houghton
Reply-To: WAMUG Date: Sunday, 30 June 2019 at 14:48 To: WAMUG Subject: Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?     Well after re-formating the USB disk to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) I had another go but it didn’t work.     Once again after several minutes

Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

2019-06-30 Thread Neil Houghton
f Brian W Scott Reply-To: WAMUG Date: Sunday, 30 June 2019 at 11:34 To: WAMUG Subject: Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?     Hi Neil,     Thank you for your reply.     The short WHY is I have a Huawei USB stick fitted with a SIM for mobile internet that wo

Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

2019-06-30 Thread Brian W Scott
? >> >> I'm not sure how helpful all that is but my experience has definitely been >> that more time spent analysing and planning BEFORE you dive in will often >> save problems down the track and save time in the long run. >> >> HTH >>

Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

2019-06-29 Thread Brian W Scott
possumology.com > > > -Original Message- > From: on behalf of Brian W > Scott > Reply-To: WAMUG > Date: Saturday, 29 June 2019 at 17:23 > To: WAMUG > Subject: Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive? > > Hi, > >

Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

2019-06-29 Thread Neil Houghton
June 2019 at 17:23 To: WAMUG Subject: Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?     Hi,     I found I could do it with the Recovery Disk/Partition.     But it’s complaining that the 4TB drive I’m trying to put it on is not big enough.     I suspected it mu

Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

2019-06-29 Thread Brian W Scott
Hi, I found I could do it with the Recovery Disk/Partition. But it’s complaining that the 4TB drive I’m trying to put it on is not big enough. I suspected it must using the MacBook Air drive to store stuff so I’ve made some room on it and will try again tomorrow. 208.95 GB should do it I

Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

2019-06-28 Thread Brian W Scott
Hi, I have a MacBook Air 13 inch, Mid 2011 with Mac OS 10.7.5 El Capitan 10.11.6 on it. I would like to wipe MacBook Air’s drive and re-establish El Capitan on it. (Why I need to do this is a longer story) I have a 4TB USB powered by the USB port it doesn’t have a power supply. I was