[G4] Keyboard and USB

[OBrien]

>>>> I also have a 250-Gig external hard drive by LaCie it is a USB 
>>>> drive. I have been told that a USB drive cannot be a startup 
>>>> drive. I can't get it recognized in the Startup preference. It 
>>>> does work as a great backup drive for me. There has been some 
>>>> talk that a USB 2 drive can act as a startup drive. Is that 
>>>> true? Do I have to buy another drive or is there some way to 
>>>> work around it?

I don't know about USB2, but AFAIK, a USB1 external HD can't be used as a boot drive. In fact, I think that a *few* Firewire HDs also can't be used for boot, but most can. In any case, if I were buying a new HD I would get an external HD with both USB AND Firewire ports to have an alternate means of connecting if, for some reason I ever needed it.

OWC drives have a very good reputation. I'd get one of these:
<http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB>


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