[iTunes] Re: Booting from iPod

[Kunga]

I do it all the time. But these instructions are not how. You need to 
use Carbon Copy Cloner to copy and BLESS a system onto the iPod so it 
will boot from the iPod. Otherwise it won't boot.

<http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html>

k

On Sunday, July 13, 2003, at 01:04  PM, William E. Lane wrote:

> On Sunday, July 13, 2003, at 02:01  PM, Terry Pogue wrote:
>
>>> Is it possible to install and boot OS X off of iPod?
>>>
>>>
>>> Sam
>>>
>> No you can't boot from iPod.
>
> I disagree
>
> From here
>
> http://www.macworld.com/2002/05/secrets/mac911/
>
> is this snippet
>
> I Boot from iPod
>
> I have read repeatedly about the possibility of putting a bootable 
> version of OS 9 or OS X (or even both) on an iPod. How do I do this 
> without damaging the music part of it? And how do I boot from an iPod?
>
> -- Sebi Meyer, Macworld Forums 
> As we used to say in the funked-up seventies, "Ain't no thang." (For 
> those of you who aren't hep to this jive, it means "this isn't a big 
> deal.") Just attach the iPod to your FireWire Mac. If iTunes 2 doesn't 
> pop open on its own, launch it. In the iPod Preferences window, select 
> the Enable FireWire Disk Use option.
>
> Now restart your Mac. Once your iPod has mounted, insert an OS 
> installation disc (either Mac OS 9.2 or OS X) and run the installer. 
> When the installer asks where you'd like to install the operating 
> system, navigate to the iPod and click on Continue to step through the 
> rest of the installation. When you want to boot from your iPod, plug 
> it into your Mac. Once it's mounted, select it as the start-up disk in 
> OS 9's Startup Disk control panel or in OS X's Startup Disk system 
> preference. Restart your Mac to boot from the iPod.
>
> It can be done.
>
>
> __
> William Lane
> Calgary, Canada
> via Mac OSX - Mail
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