The return of OS X on an iPod
Oh Yes!
Panther marks the return of bootable OS X on an iPod.
Now, once again, I can take my studio with me wherever I go - all my work, my apps, my fonts, my music, my correspondence and my photos etc.
I just plug it into a suitable host and hey presto it's MY studio.
That's worth the asking price alone!
Panther marks the return of bootable OS X on an iPod.
Now, once again, I can take my studio with me wherever I go - all my work, my apps, my fonts, my music, my correspondence and my photos etc.
I just plug it into a suitable host and hey presto it's MY studio.
That's worth the asking price alone!
Comments
Originally posted by DMBand0026
Booting off your iPod is a really bad idea. The HD isn't made to run like that. Your going to burn it out. It will get too hot, the motor can't take it.
Maybe i will reconsider then... i mean, still get an ipod, but just use it for file transfer and music and not booting from it
Originally posted by DMBand0026
Booting off your iPod is a really bad idea.
That's right. Apple doesn't support it, and says if you have to do it, it should be for emergencies only.
Originally posted by DMBand0026
Booting off your iPod is a really bad idea. The HD isn't made to run like that. Your going to burn it out. It will get too hot, the motor can't take it.
Motor ? What Motor ? I thought there was no moving parts in an iPod...
Originally posted by Aquafire
Motor ? What Motor ? I thought there was no moving parts in an iPod...
Erm, that little motor that spins the Hard Drive?
I just want 'Home Away From Home' If only that really would have been in Panther.
Originally posted by Aquafire
Motor ? What Motor ? I thought there was no moving parts in an iPod...
Hitting the crack pipe again?
The iPod is a hard drive based MP3 player. Inside there is a tiny hard drive with a motor to spin the platter.
If the iPod was not hard drive based then it would be compact flash based, max out at about 4gigs and cost over 1.5 grand. (for the 4gig model),
...
And yes,
DO NOT USE YOUR iPOD AS A BOOT DEVICE.
Store some files maybe... but do not put any hard drive intence program/file/OS on it.
NeilyB
Originally posted by Messiah
Panther marks the return of bootable OS X on an iPod.
Ummm.... Huh? My iPod was booting 10.2 for ages man. Carbon Copy Cloner worked fine with 10.2.
Barto
Originally posted by Barto
Ummm.... Huh? My iPod was booting 10.2 for ages man. Carbon Copy Cloner worked fine with 10.2.
Barto
Keyword: was
BTW, I have a backup OS on my iPod only for emergencies, but Quake 3 runs just fine. 8)
Originally posted by \\/\\/ickes
Keyword: was
My iPod was booting 10.2 until I got 7B53 when I installed that, then Panther final and I installed that. My iPod has probably spent about 500 hours as a boot device, with zero problems. Even though it's the famously dodgy 15GB model.
The iPod's hard drive is a CE Hard Drive, it's actually safer to leave running than a normal hard drive because it is designed to be subjected to harsher use, trading speed for reliability. The iPod's 32MB cache makes up for the lower speed though
Barto
Originally posted by Barto
My iPod was booting 10.2 until I got 7B53 when I installed that, then Panther final and I installed that. My iPod has probably spent about 500 hours as a boot device, with zero problems. Even though it's the famously dodgy 15GB model.
The iPod's hard drive is a CE Hard Drive, it's actually safer to leave running than a normal hard drive because it is designed to be subjected to harsher use, trading speed for reliability. The iPod's 32MB cache makes up for the lower speed though
Barto
I tried everything I could think of to get 10.2 onto my iPod but there was always something that didn't seem to work. Often when I thought I had installed it correctly I would just get the grey screen at start-up and nothing else.
I didn't really know about CCC at that point, and simply gave up.
I had heard rumour about how it was a bad idea to boot from the iPod, and just 'assumed' that Apple had a good (because it caused damage) or bad (they intentionally disabled the feature because they didn't want it to compete with some future product release) reason.
So what's a CE hard drive? I believe the drives in the iPod are 1.8", is that right?
Originally posted by MacUsers
Maybe i will reconsider then... i mean, still get an ipod, but just use it for file transfer and music and not booting from it
Go for the iPod, totally sweet device. You won't regret it for a second. Transferring the occasional file is no big deal, but using it as a boot drive is a very bad idea.
Originally posted by Messiah
I didn't really know about CCC at that point, and simply gave up.
Same thing happened to me. 10.2's installer just does not work with iPods, and I was ready to give up, but I found CCC in time. I used CCC to install Panther onto my iPod too, having lost trust in the Mac OS X installer
Originally posted by Messiah
So what's a CE hard drive? I believe the drives in the iPod are 1.8", is that right?
CE = Consumer Electronics, as opposed to the faster and less hard-wearing desktop drives.
As for why Apple doesn't support it, I can only imagine they don't because they feel it would cost to much to develop and support installation of Mac OS X to iPods.
DMBand0026, as much as we appreciate you telling us to wait an hour after eating before swimming, I think you're overreacting.
Barto
DMB was just trying to make sure they don't break their iPods. I used to boot off it every now and then and I use my iPod a lot. I think it's just one of those YMMV things, where you might be able to get away with it but if you want to play it safe don't do it.
Originally posted by Aquatic
That's a funny sig.
Thanks. I got it from here, and they got it from here. I didn't realise before finding the quote that catholic theologians had such a good sense of humor
I toned down my post, too.
Barto
Even so, I'd roughly agree that it isn't wise to do this day in, day out.
Originally posted by Barto
DMBand0026, as much as we appreciate you telling us to wait an hour after eating before swimming, I think you're overreacting.
Barto