Can I use a firewire drive as boot disk?

[SteveZee]

2x2.26Gh quad core intel xeon

Lion 10.7.3

G-tech 100GB firewire drive with Apple partition map.

All other drives are GUID partition map.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Yes, but only if it uses GUID as partition map scheme, APM is for PPC Macs only.

 

[SteveZee]

Great thanks, Is this in apple disk utility?
I dont see that option.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Great thanks, Is this in apple disk utility?
I dont see that option.

Yep.

How to format a new HDD/SSD to install Mac OS X or make a bootable copy onto​

 

[808?]

From Disk Utility when you select the Drive > Partition > Options

 

[goMac]

You can't use it as a boot drive to start Windows though.

(Didn't see any mention of the OS you want on the external, so I thought I'd mention that.)

 

[GGJstudios]

(Didn't see any mention of the OS you want on the external, so I thought I'd mention that.)

You didn't read carefully enough:

2x2.26Gh quad core intel xeon
Lion 10.7.3
G-tech 100GB firewire drive with Apple partition map.
All other drives are GUID partition map.

 

[goMac]

You didn't read carefully enough:

He said he was running Lion currently, yes. He didn't say what is going on the external drive.

 

[GGJstudios]

He said he was running Lion currently, yes. He didn't say what is going on the external drive.

Yes, the Lion 10.7.3 and G-tech 100GB firewire drive with Apple partition map referred to the external drive.

 

[SteveZee]

From Disk Utility when you select the Drive > Partition > Options

Even that is a mystery until this becomes clear:

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Even that is a mystery until this becomes clear:

Is there a question in here?

What about the guide I linked to earlier?

You have to select the actual HDD, not the partition to get access to the PARTITION tab.

 

[SteveZee]

no there's no question. I was showing why i did not get
the options at first, cuz i was clicked on the wrong thing
tho why would some one think that was the wrong thing
at least at a glance.

Yes thanks for the page i read it I know that thanks.

 

[Mac2012]

Hmmm... don't know the simple task of using disk utility... maybe an iPad is a better fit for you.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

no there's no question. I was showing why i did not get
the options at first, cuz i was clicked on the wrong thing

That was not clear from that, but okay.

Even that is a mystery until this becomes clear:

tho why would some one think that was the wrong thing
at least at a glance.

Why would someone think, it is the right think? As you selected an actual partition, and not the actual HDD, it seems at least logical to me, that one has to select the actual partition to access partitioning settings.
But I have used Disk Utility a lot in the past seven years, as I formatted and partitioned dozens of HDDs in that time. Maybe I am just used to it and am missing the fresh perspective.

Good luck with the bootable backup.

 

[SteveZee]

Hmmm... don't know the simple task of using disk utility... maybe an iPad is a better fit for you.

hmmm, both just look the same...

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That was not clear from that, but okay.



Why would someone think, it is the right think? As you selected an actual partition, and not the actual HDD, it seems at least logical to me, that one has to select the actual partition to access partitioning settings.

Good luck with the bootable backup.

well i'm not used to thinking that NO partition is ONE partition
because I didn't ever have to think of that ONE partiton for any
reason before, and certainly when i set up a new disk as rarely as I do that i would remember that tiny essential little distinction, cuz new disks have no partitions so you cant overlook this distinction and now i will never forget this distinction and when the next dummy comes along, I can impune his lack of wisdom too and then will I be welcome in the club ? kidding... 🙂