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any way to get USB 2.0 as a start up disk

it can be done i searched on google and it came up but with no inscructions, and presuming this apple article you posted is from 2001, they would have been talking puma and maybe talking USB 1.0:confused:
 
Macmadant said:
on google people have started mac osx on usb flash drives, so it can be done
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Give us a link then.

It cannot be done. Some PC motherboards support this. I've seen linux on a PC booted from a USB drive. Macs are a no-no though. The firmware does not allow it.
 
and...... my g4 can boot in os9 yet someone said that the firmware won't support it.........:confused: :confused: :confused: search yourself theres loads of results that look promising
 
Macmadant said:
and...... my g4 can boot in os9 yet someone said that the firmware won't support it.........:confused: :confused: :confused: search yourself theres loads of results that look promising
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You have a dual 1.42G4, same as I do? It will not boot in OS9.

10.2.4 is the earliest, I think.

Face it, it can't be done.
 
dops7107 said:
Mind you, that link does suggest that it is possible at least. Just not all the time and not recommended. Hell OP, give it a try if you insist!
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thanks for agreeing, i see your from england:)
 
Blue Velvet said:
You have a dual 1.42G4, same as I do? It will not boot in OS9.

10.2.4 is the earliest, I think.

Face it, it can't be done.
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mine does, maybe yours was a later model but mine definatly does
 
dops7107 said:
Mind you, that link does suggest that it is possible at least. Just not all the time and not recommended. Hell OP, give it a try if you insist!
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Still not possible for OS X.

Macmadant said:
and...... my g4 can boot in os9 yet someone said that the firmware won't support it.........:confused: :confused: :confused: search yourself theres loads of results that look promising
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If you want to boot via USB to OS9, I have read and heard reports that it will work. I've never tried it though. OS X will not boot via USB. It is not possible.
 
Macmadant said:
another model was released after ours and included mac os9 and so does mine, i even remember the bloke on the phone saying it boots os9
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No, there wasn't another G4 model released after that. But there were some dual 1.25s released before then that could boot OS9, we have one at work.

This one:
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/stats/powermac_g4_1.25_dp_mdd.html

Sounds like you'll believe anything a bloke on the phone tells you... Are you definitely sure you don't have one of those? Have you booted your machine into OS9 before?
 
Blue Velvet said:
No, there wasn't another G4 model released after that. But there were some dual 1.25s released before then that could boot OS9, we have one at work.

This one:
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/stats/powermac_g4_1.25_dp_mdd.html

Sounds like you'll believe anything a bloke on the phone tells you... Are you definitely sure you don't have one of those? Have you booted your machine into OS9 before?
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mactracker must have failed me, thats goin in the trash
:)
 
BV is correct, there are no dual 1.42s that can boot OS9. The re-released dual 1.25s could, as could the dual 1.25 from late 02 to early 03.

And no, it's not possible to boot OS X from a USB device, currently.
 
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