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

[Zane H. Healy]

Makes sense, I assume this is something that it would be best to setup on an
Intel-based Mac first?  Then move to the PPC-based Mac to install on the
second partition?  I'm asking as I seem to recall something in the disk
formating options on recent versions of the OS.  Seems simple enough.  

I take it the dual boot DVD's such as 10.5 or DiskWarrior work this way?

Zane



> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> 3
> 
> 
> 
> 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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