Quickie: is the USB2 bus ever bootable?

[brap]

Or do I just have such a noname chipset it's not recognised? If so, the strategy needs a rethink...

 

[yg17]

No I dont think the USB2 bus is bootable regardless of the device. Kinda sucks, I hope Apple takes care of that

 

[jeremy.king]

Whats interesting for me is if I hold option at startup it will display the System folder on my backup drive, but if I select it, it craps out after a bit.

Seems to me this could be fixed

 

[brap]

Whats interesting for me is if I hold option at startup it will display the System folder on my backup drive, but if I select it, it craps out after a bit.

Seems to me this could be fixed

There is quite a bit of ambiguity in the OS here, which prompted my ask.

Name : Deedee
Type : Volume

Disk Identifier : disk3s3
Mount Point : /Volumes/Deedee
File System : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Connection Bus : USB
Partition Type : Apple_HFS
Writable : Yes
Universal Unique Identifier : 16A0FA22-9432-3E0B-8ED6-67FC2EB0E1E6
Capacity : 114.9 GB (123,388,157,952 Bytes)
Free Space : 91.9 GB (98,680,193,024 Bytes)
Used : 23.0 GB (24,707,964,928 Bytes)
Number of Files : 5,101
Number of Folders : 723
Owners Enabled : No
Can Turn Owners Off : Yes
Can Be Formatted : Yes
Bootable : Yes
Supports Journaling : Yes
Journaled : Yes
S.M.A.R.T. Status : Not Supported
Disk Number : 3
Partition Number : 3

Yet when installing Tiger, and indeed choosing a cloned Panther Startup Disk, it as you so eloquently put it "craps out"!