Make OS X think USB hard drive is unremovable?

TJ07985 · TJ07985 #1 (**permalink**)

06-29-2004, 03:20 AM

Hey.

I want to install several Mac programs for OS X on my USB hard drive, but I'm not able to, since OS X recognizes the USB hard drive as a removable drive. Is there any settings I can change in OS X so that OS X thinks that my USB hard drive is a fixed hard drive, like an internal drive, so that I can install OS X programs to it without a problem? Let me know. Thanks.

Oh, running OS X Panther 10.3.4 on iBook G3 900 Mhz
:confused:

MAC-simus · MAC-simus #2 (**permalink**)

06-29-2004, 10:10 AM

i did not have any problems installing panther on my firewire drive. it still counts as removable, but I can boot from it any time i want. it should aply to usb drives as well (i think, though not sure)
what drive do you have?

Graeme43 · Graeme43 #3 (**permalink**)

06-30-2004, 10:47 AM

install on internal then move to external? :confused:

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TJ07985 #1 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	06-29-2004, 03:20 AM Hey. I want to install several Mac programs for OS X on my USB hard drive, but I'm not able to, since OS X recognizes the USB hard drive as a removable drive. Is there any settings I can change in OS X so that OS X thinks that my USB hard drive is a fixed hard drive, like an internal drive, so that I can install OS X programs to it without a problem? Let me know. Thanks. Oh, running OS X Panther 10.3.4 on iBook G3 900 Mhz :confused:
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MAC-simus #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 08, 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 442 Mac Specs: 2GHz C2D macbook	06-29-2004, 10:10 AM i did not have any problems installing panther on my firewire drive. it still counts as removable, but I can boot from it any time i want. it should aply to usb drives as well (i think, though not sure) what drive do you have?
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