09-16-2006, 11:09 PM
chas_m said
" There are drawbacks to it, of course:
1. Only Intel Macs and PCs can boot from a USB2 drive (there might be an exception but basically only Intel Macs and PCs) "
Not true. there are a number of PPC G3 and G4 macs that will boot from USB. But they are random models. The problem is that Apple won't post a TIL that actually lists which ones in a clear and concise manner with only one URL.
You need to do some random searches for USB and Booting and some other stuff, and cull through the hits. far more than "an exception", which implies that they may only be one)
" There are drawbacks to it, of course:
1. Only Intel Macs and PCs can boot from a USB2 drive (there might be an exception but basically only Intel Macs and PCs) "
Not true. there are a number of PPC G3 and G4 macs that will boot from USB. But they are random models. The problem is that Apple won't post a TIL that actually lists which ones in a clear and concise manner with only one URL.
You need to do some random searches for USB and Booting and some other stuff, and cull through the hits. far more than "an exception", which implies that they may only be one)