can you boot from a usb2 drive?

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mikeabnooy

macrumors member

Original poster

• Apr 7, 2004

• #1

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

macrumors 603

• Apr 7, 2004

• #2

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

 

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mikeabnooy

macrumors member

Original poster

• Apr 7, 2004

• #3

übergeek said:

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

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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

macrumors 68040

• Apr 7, 2004

• #4

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.

 

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Anna

macrumors regular

• Apr 7, 2004

• #5

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

 

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legion

macrumors 6502a

• Apr 8, 2004

• #6

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

 

Koodauw

macrumors 68040

• Apr 8, 2004

• #7

Are you able to boot from say a Thumbdrive then?

 

G5orbust

macrumors 65816

• Apr 8, 2004

• #8

Koodauw said:

Are you able to boot from say a Thumbdrive then?

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

 

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legion

macrumors 6502a

• Apr 9, 2004

• #9

G5orbust said:

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

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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)

 

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Anna

macrumors regular

• Apr 12, 2004

• #10

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.