Boot G4 from a USB external drive?

[djrobins]

I have a G4 "sawtooth running OSX 10.4.11. Is it possible to boot this mac from an external USB2.0 drive?

Thanks all,

djrobins

 

[d88co88]

Nope, not possible. Only on intel macs. You can use firewire though.

PS: Use mroogle to search for this topic before you post. There are a bunch of threads on it.

 

[Ramasjang]

If you use super duper to clone to a USB2 drive, it should come up in the boot menue.... - Just hold "option" key down during reboot.

Did it on a Powerbook 12"

 

[spinnerlys]

Easily boot from USB 2.0 drives on PowerPC Macs

 

[FourCandles]

Officially, it’s only Intel based Macs that support booting from an external USB; but you could have a look at these articles:

Easily boot from USB 2.0 drives on PowerPC Macs - Mac OS X Hints

Boot your PowerPC Mac from an external USB drive

EDIT: spinnerlys beat me to it on the first one.