[FW] Installing minimal Tiger on iPod

[Steve Kane]

On Jan 17, 2006, at 2:22 PM, Rick Castillo wrote:

> Raymond,
>
> If you don't have another HD to work from then the iPod is a handy  
> place to do this on.  I've heard a lot of people say that they  
> wouldn't want to run software off of an iPod because it is only  
> designed to spin for a few seconds when it needs to access the next  
> song.  This is just a misunderstanding of how HDs work.  The iPod  
> is a Hard Drive it will last as long as any external HD regarless  
> of its intended main purpose as a music box.

I think the issue may be that the iPod case is not designed to  
dissipate as much heat as might be generated by using it as a startup  
drive, not the capability of the hard drive itself.