[G4] Keyboard and USB

[John Turner]

Harry, thanks for your help. Unfortunately your idea with the Option  
Key did not work. What I got was a lock closed on the left,what looks  
like a very narrow white space where text could be entered, and then  
an arrow to the right pointing to the right. The arrow was active I  
could click on it but it did nothing. In fact the computer locked up.  
I had to pull the plug because I could not shut down.

John Turner
thebear1 at rcn.com

> Greetings,
>
> It is my belief 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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