[X4U] Duplicating?

[Linda]

On 12/18/08 1:57 AM, John Baltutis wrote:

> On 12/17/08,  Jeff Carruthers <jeff at carruthers.com> wrote, among other things:
>> 
>> Mark: if you have a MacIntel machine, you can boot from a USB2 drive.
>> The drive has to be formatted with a GUID partition.
> 
> Not so. You only need the GUID partitioning scheme if you were using an ICBM
> (Intel-chip-based Mac) to install the OS onto the HD. You can clone an ICBM to
> either GUID or APM partitioning scheme HDs.

Further, there is evidence that PowerPC Macs can also boot from USB external
hard disks.