[X4U] Booting from external backup drive

[Randy B. Singer]

On Oct 13, 2007, at 7:22 AM, Jack Corcoran wrote:

> My basic eqpt is a Mac-Mini (non Intel)  which I am backing up  
> weekly with a
> 200gig Maxtor drive operating from the enclosure's Firewire port to  
> the same
> on the computer. The backup application is Dejavu.
>
> The backup procedure works faultlessly.  However, I am unable to  
> boot from
> the Maxtor altho it was my impression that when using Firewire this  
> was
> supposedly possible.
>
> Am I laboring under a false impression or is there another  
> explanation?

Yes, it definitely is possible.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58606

In the Bombich Forums is a thread on how to properly prepare your  
external HD before cloning to it so that it will be bootable (which  
is critical):
http://forums.bombich.com/viewtopic.php?t=4084


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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
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