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10.4: Create a single Universal binary bootable disk - usb vs firewire
this is a great workaround for a universal system until apple fixes this in leopard (and so many other tiger gotchas).
10.4: Create a single Universal binary bootable disk - usb vs firewire
10.4: Create a single Universal binary bootable disk - usb vs firewire
Here's another option.
10.4: Create a single Universal binary bootable disk - usb vs firewire
There are many manufacturers of 2.5 drive enclosures that sport both USB and FireWire, Lacie being one of them. Of course, you'll pay a bit more to have to daul interface but in my opinion, it's well worth the cost.
10.4: Create a single Universal binary bootable disk - usb vs firewire
OS 10.4.6 (and maybe one or two earlier point versions) and later WILL boot from a PPC Mac's USB port--Apple apparently relented. One limitation: You can't select it for booting in the Startup Disk Prefpane (it will just beep at you)--you have to select it from the Startup Manager, which you invoke at startup by holding down the Option key right after powerup or restart. I've confirmed this works on a slot-loading 350 MHz iMac that didn't even have Firewire ports. The iMac's firmware was version 4.1.9 (which it needs to be anyway, to allow OS X to work on the slot-loading iMac). I didn't test USB OS X booting on an even older, tray-loading iMac, nor did I test booting from a 2.5" USB drive enclosure, nor did I test USB OS X booting on the last of the PPC Macs, so I don't know what the story is there. |
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