Boot from iPod

[Eric Lewis]

Yes i finially got the disk mac os x onto my ipod...now im having trouble booting and installing. I click the installer icon and it says restart...i click restart and then it shows a ? and my ipod says its ok to disscounect and thats it...using the option key just shows a revolving hourglass and nothing else..what can i do?

 

[szsiddiq]

Yes i finially got the disk mac os x onto my ipod...now im having trouble booting and installing. I click the installer icon and it says restart...i click restart and then it shows a ? and my ipod says its ok to disscounect and thats it...using the option key just shows a revolving hourglass and nothing else..what can i do?

Is it a firewire iPod? I'm pretty sure you can only boot from a firewire interface.

 

[Eric Lewis]

oh

its a usb...so that wont work at all? i have no firewall hardrives or ipods

 

[psycoswimmer]

There was just a thread here on MR... You can use a USB or Firewire Device to boot the new Intel Macs. I'm not sure if an iPod would work though. It should...

 

[szsiddiq]

its a usb...so that wont work at all? i have no firewall hardrives or ipods

Nope, sorry! Atleast as far as I know, OS X can only boot from a firewire interface. So if you have the 3rd gen or below iPod, it'll work. Otherwise, no dice
There might be a way around this, so feel free to get a second opinion!

EDIT: Looks like you got a second opinion (eating words )

 

[Eric Lewis]

yeah

i have an eMac with 10.2

 

[Eric Lewis]

so

what do i do?

 

[psycoswimmer]

i have an eMac with 10.2

Well, then yes, I guess you'd need a firewire drive.

 

[szsiddiq]

What kind of iPod do you have? Also, why are you trying to boot off of it?

 

[princealfie]

Won't this damage your iPod due to overspinning 1.8" hard drive.

 

[szsiddiq]

it won't kill it, but it's not good for it. and it won't be able to run OS X too fast.

 

[bored911]

i've booted off my ipod several times. i create a bootable version with superduper! then just use an efi to select my ipod at startup.

 

[Fearless Leader]

and the new ipods wont multi partition nicely. ( or not at all and have a usable Ipod) Im referring to my 5th gen.