can you boot from a usb2 drive?

mikeabnooy · Apr 7, 2004

is it possible? i have an old drive that i want to put os9 on. i was just wondering if i could get a case and let that thing be and boot on it?

janey · Apr 7, 2004

hmm not sure, cant you just get a firewire drive/enclosure?

mikeabnooy · Apr 7, 2004

übergeek said:
hmm not sure, cant you just get a firewire drive/enclosure?

i would like to use usb2. i figure if i ever get sick of os9 i can just use as extra drive on mac or my pc

Koodauw · Apr 7, 2004

Don't think so. It would be really cool though. Booting from a thumb drive in time of need would be very helpfull to me when I am in the Windows world.

Anna · Apr 7, 2004

Macs can boot from anything that spins. as long as it has a system folder on it you will be ok

legion · Apr 8, 2004

Yes! You can most definitely boot from a USB drive.

Koodauw · Apr 8, 2004

Are you able to boot from say a Thumbdrive then?

G5orbust · Apr 8, 2004

Koodauw said:
Are you able to boot from say a Thumbdrive then?

Find me a thumbdrive that can carry OSX then we'll talk.

legion · Apr 9, 2004

G5orbust said:
Find me a thumbdrive that can carry OSX then we'll talk.

Shouldn't any of the 1 or 2GB USB flashdrives be able to hold OSX. (I have a 2GB that cost me an arm and a leg, but I use it for work so I'm not about to dump it to try this OSX experiment)

Anna · Apr 12, 2004

No, currently the USB drive can not be used as a boot disk because it needs a logic board with a BIOS ROM that supports USB.

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