[G4] Keyboard and USB

[Harry Freeman]

Greetings,

It is my beliefe that the members of this list are not aware of how to  
boot from an external disk, especially if it is a USB interface.

If you have an external drive that has a system folder that would  
allow it to boot the Mac platform then try this procedure.

Whether starting up cold (power button) or a warm boot (restart) as  
soon as you hear the start-up chime hold down the "option" key.

You will have to wait a little extra time, as the platform is starting  
up minimal start-up firmware and then is scanning all of the attached  
disk-drive for a system folder.

When a system folder is found on a drive it will list it on the screen  
along with a "Left and Right" button. Wait until the spinning beach  
ball has stopped, select the desired drive and then select the "Right"  
arrow button.

Cheers

Harry
San Jose, Ca

On Aug 23, 2010, at 5:41 AM, John Turner wrote:

>
>> On Aug 22, 2010, at 10:20 AM, John Turner wrote:
>> Hi Guys!
>>
>> I thought that I sent this note yesterday but I apparently did not.  
>> I am getting ready to purchase a new keyboard for my G4 today or  
>> tomorrow. The one that I am ordering is a Mac keyboard with two  
>> USB2 plugs. I also have a 250-Gig external hard drive by LaCie it  
>> is a USB drive. I have been told that a USB drive cannot be a  
>> startup drive. I can't get it recognized in the Startup preference.  
>> It does work as a great backup drive for me. There has been some  
>> talk that a USB 2 drive can act as a startup drive. Is that true?  
>> Do I have to buy another drive or is there some way to work around  
>> it? Will the USB 2 ports on the keyboard work if I plug in the  
>> external drive there. The drive has its own power supply so it  
>> keeps running wether or not the computer is plugged in or not.
>>
>> John Turner
>> thebear1 at rcn.com
>
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