[X4U] Duplicating?

[John Baltutis]

On 12/18/08, Linda <xpressobean at mac.com> wrote:
> 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.

There is and we posted it up at
<http://forums.bombich.com/viewtopic.php?t=8501>; however, it's not supported
by Apple and requires mucking with the machine's open firmware settings (nvram
settings), which the hint at
<http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20061017084322177> discusses.
It's not recommended for the causual user and FireWire 400 is 40-50% faster
than USB 2, so why bother?