Quick question about booting from flash drives
Can it be done?
I want to make a boom box pretty soon out of an old mac, and I'd like to have a hard drive with no moving parts, at least to boot from (I can spin up a big cheap drive with the media on it later).
We're talking a G4 450 AGP (blueish box, I think they call it a sawtooth) if that makes a difference.
I want to make a boom box pretty soon out of an old mac, and I'd like to have a hard drive with no moving parts, at least to boot from (I can spin up a big cheap drive with the media on it later).
We're talking a G4 450 AGP (blueish box, I think they call it a sawtooth) if that makes a difference.
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Originally posted by slughead
Can it be done?
I want to make a boom box pretty soon out of an old mac, and I'd like to have a hard drive with no moving parts, at least to boot from (I can spin up a big cheap drive with the media on it later).
We're talking a G4 450 AGP (blueish box, I think they call it a sawtooth) if that makes a difference.
i think os x has problem booting from USB flash drives. firewire hard disks, possibly firewire flash drives, may be better. but you need 2gb at least... so firewire-to-ide buspowered 2.5" drive thing is probably the best
just throwing out some ideas here...
Originally posted by sunilraman
i think os x has problem booting from USB flash drives. firewire hard disks, possibly firewire flash drives, may be better. but you need 2gb at least... so firewire-to-ide buspowered 2.5" drive thing is probably the best
just throwing out some ideas here...
Good call, I just need something shock resistant.. flash is usually cheapest though
If 2.5" HD is the only option, I'm cool with that.. my bank account may not be though
(go for 6 pin if you want it to draw power from the Mac...
4 pin FW external devices usually require a separate power supply)
USB and/or Flash drives are not currently bootable.