10.4: How to boot an Intel Mac from an external drive

Feb 07, '06 05:42:00AM

Contributed by: scooteristi

If you've got an Intel Mac, the process for getting it to boot from an external FireWire drive is different than it is for a PowerPC Mac -- an Intel boot drive requires a different partition scheme than does a PowerPC boot drive.

Jonathan Rentzsch has written a very detailed article on these differences for TidBITS, explaining just what is required to make it work, and some pitfalls to be aware of going forward.

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