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I was wondering how could I use my external hard drive to boot up with 10.4.9 with my macbook? What do I need to do? What does the format need to be? Thanks guys
You can not. Apple software can only be installed on an apple computer. What you are asking violates the license agreement and is illegal.
Intel macs require a different partition scheme than PowerPC macs to boot from.Uh, no. OSX supports booting and Apple computer from external devices. I think it may be limited to Firewire only but I am not sure. You can also boot from a network drive if you have one set up. Doing any of the above does not violate anything as long as you legally own the copy of the System you are booting from.
All that being said, there seems to be some issues with doing so at all on Intel based Macs. I know it still works on PPC machines though. Apparently you can not boot both PPCs and Intels from the same external drive partition.
Uh, no. OSX supports booting an Apple computer from external devices. I think it may be limited to Firewire only but I am not sure. You can also boot from a network drive if you have one set up. Doing any of the above does not violate anything as long as you legally own the copy of the System you are booting from.
All that being said, there seems to be some issues with doing so at all on Intel based Macs. I know it still works on PPC machines though. Apparently you can not boot both PPCs and Intels from the same external drive partition.
Why? Does it have to rise in the oven?Wait a half-hour.
If I boot from an external drive, I'm using only one copy of the Apple Software on a single computer at a time.This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single computer at a time.
I'm using the external system on the computer, but it doesn't exist on my computer.. . . and you may not make the Apple Software available over a network where it could be used by multiple computers at the same time.
Any external hard drive I might have would not be available to any multi-Mac setup.and you many not make the Apple Software avilable over a network where it could be used by muliple computers at the same time.
2. Permitted License Uses and Restrictions. This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single computer at a time. This License does not allow the Apple Software to exist on more than one computer at a time, and you may not make the Apple Software available over a network where it could be used by multiple computers at the same time. You may make one copy of the Apple Software in machine-readable form for backup purposes only; provided that the backup copy must include all copyright or other proprietary notices contained on the original. Except as and only to the extent expressly permitted in this License or by applicable law, you may not copy, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, modify, or create derivative works of the Apple Software or any part thereof.
Not that I'm trying to be a hard-on, and if you read the agreement that came with your computer, it specifically says "apple labeled computer". Everything I learned in training taught that you can not install os x on anything but an apple computer.
I'm not saying you can't do it and I could care less if you do, but if you ever need any software or hardware support, you will get none until your mac has os x installed on it.
2. Permitted License Uses and Restrictions. This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single computer at a time. This License does not allow the Apple Software to exist on more than one computer at a time, and you may not make the Apple Software available over a network where it could be used by multiple computers at the same time. You may make one copy of the Apple Software in machine-readable form for backup purposes only; provided that the backup copy must include all copyright or other proprietary notices contained on the original. Except as and only to the extent expressly permitted in this License or by applicable law, you may not copy, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, modify, or create derivative works of the Apple Software or any part thereof.
Not that I'm trying to be a hard-on, and if you read the agreement that came with your computer, it specifically says "apple labeled computer". Everything I learned in training taught that you can not install os x on anything but an apple computer.
I'm not saying you can't do it and I could care less if you do, but if you ever need any software or hardware support, you will get none until your mac has os x installed on it.