Hi Ronni and James Thank you for your responses and your ten step process Ronni. If possible I will now purchase a HD with a firewire 400 port. Regards Merv
On 3/04/12 8:55 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Hi Merv, > > To create a Bootable external drive for your Power PC you need to format the > drive, Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and Partition it 'Apple Partition Map’ > > > 1. Make sure to copy any files on your external hard disk to another location > because reformatting will erase them. > > 2. Click on your computer hard disk’s icon. > Select Applications → Utilities → Disk Utility. > > 3. In Disk Utility's left hand column, click on the Drive icon of your > External Drive. > Make sure you click on the first icon, not the second level volume icon. > > 4. Select the Partition tab. > > 5. Select the Volume Scheme (& select 2 Partitions); and Format type from > the Format drop-down menu. > Select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) (recommended). > > 6. Enter the names you want for each of the partitions on the external drive > > 7. Click on the Options button. > > 8. Select the type of partition you want to use: > Apple Partition Map - for bootability on PowerPC-based Macs > > 9. Click OK. > > 10. Click the Apply button. > > 11. Then Click Partition > > Cheers, > Ronni > > > On 02/04/2012, at 6:05 PM, Merv Bond wrote: > >> We have an iMac Power PC G5 running OS X 10.4.11. >> It has two Firewire ports, both 400. >> HD capacity approx 500 GB. >> I am searching for a like capacity portable HD with a firewire port but >> these days most of the devices are at least 1TB and only occasionally do >> they have a 400 port - obviously superseded. >> However, if I purchase a 1TB HD, with a 400 Firewire port, can I >> partition it so that half of the disk is a viable bootable HD for the G5? >> Your advice appreciated. >> Merv >> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives -<http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines -<http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings& Unsubscribe > -<http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The whole psychology of modern disquiet is linked with the sudden confrontation with space-time. (Teilhard de Chardin, 'The Phenomenon of Man') -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
