[X4U] Dual Boot (PPC/Intel) Firewire HD?

[Andrew J. Yon III]

Yes, but in order to do so, you must partition the drive into at least  
two partitions. You will need one for the intel and one for the PPC.  
The two formats are different and neither type computer will boot to  
the other normally.

You will need to install the OS on each partition with the  
corresponding computer type for its partition.

I used an old 40 GB drive set up like this to create myself an  
emergency boot and utility drive for my Macbook and PPC Macs. I  
installed Leopard on on partition for the Intels and installed Tiger  
on the other for the PPCs. I also installed various utilities like  
TTpro 4, Drive Genious, DiskWarrior, and etc, on it.



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On Oct 3, 2008, at 2:45 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote:

>
> Is it possible to install Mac OS X on an external Firewire HD such  
> that you
> can boot either a PPC or an Intel-based Mac?  I want to build a new  
> utility
> disk that I can use to boot any of my families Mac's and run various
> utilities against them.
>
> Zane
>
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