[G4] Booting from external Drive

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I think you can only boot from external firewire drives, not USB



Brian

iBook G4 1.33 GHz 1.25 GB RAM
Powerbook G4 1.67 GHz ! GB Ram



On May 21, 2009, at 4:12 AM, Dale Hoffman wrote:

> I'm going to install an OS on an external USB drive and use it to  
> boot a friends iBook G4.
> Currently it won't start so I can't choose Startup Disk from  
> Preferences.
> Will his laptop respond to "Option" key at startup for choosing an  
> alternate?
>
> Also, any trick to replacing a laptop HDD?
>
> Thanks,
> Dale
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