[Duo2400] Re: PCMICA with the New Little G4 PowerBook

[Ivan Drucker]

Wow, I learned something new: USB booting is indeed possible. I just had 
no idea.

However, this Apple knowledge base article seems to suggest that Yikes 
(PCI) machines can't do it; the feature was introduced with slot-loading 
iMacs and Sawtooth (AGP) G4's. (not that I'm trying to spoil the party, 
but I thought you would want to know before you bang your head against 
any walls).

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58430

Ivan.

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>On 1/12/03 Ivan Drucker <ivanxqz at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>You can boot from FW drives with the New World firmware, with the 
>>exception of the Blue & White G3's, and the early low-end "PCI Graphics" 
>>(aka Yikes!) G4 which was based on the same motherboard. You cannot boot 
>>a USB drive on any Mac to the best of my knowledge; I certainly can't 
>>with my iBook 600. It would be pretty unpleasant, actually, to run from a 
>>USB drive, because USB is quite slow (1.5 MB/sec, or Mac Plus-era SCSI 
>>speeds).
>
>I was just looking for FW-booting-info for a friend and came upon the 
>delightful news that his Yikes (PCI) G4 was the first Mac capable of 
>booting from the USB bus. Sadly though, as you say it is not capable of 
>booting from the FW bus.
>
>Dan K
>
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