[G4] G4 Digest, Vol 72, Issue 5, Startup Drive

[Eric Smith]

Not entirely true; it depends on what model of G4 you have.
My Sawtooth will boot from a USB drive.

Here is the official word from Apple:
<http://support.apple.com/kb/TA25908?viewlocale=en_US>

"Beginning with the Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics) and the
iMac (Slot-Loading), two new features to USB are most apparent:
support for USB audio devices and booting from USB drives."

Eric S.

wmb1204 at fuse.net wrote:
> My own understanding is that a GMac will only boot from an internal or Firewire drive, and will not boot from an external USB drive. My G4 DA boots from an internal SATA drive hooked up to a SATA PCI card. I have an external Firewire drive, but have not experimented with an external USB drive myself. External USB drives are good for storage, but not for system booting.
> _______________________________________________
> G4 mailing list
> G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4