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Powerbook G4 won't boot from ANY kind of external drive!
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<blockquote data-quote="harryb2448" data-source="post: 1012351" data-attributes="member: 42497"><p>To format an external HD, first erase, then partition, even if you have only the single partition, format Mac OS Extended (Journalled) and run the Leopard install whilst connected by Firewire. G4's generally will not boot using USB2 despite what some may claim.</p><p></p><p>To boot from the external, connect it up , go into Tiger System preferences, select the Leopard External drive, and restart. if the external is left connected during boot, press Option after the chimes.</p><p></p><p>There has been a lot of discussion on leaving external drives connected during shut down with some folk believing this causes corruption of the installed OS, and better to drag icon to trash and then disconnect external drive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="harryb2448, post: 1012351, member: 42497"] To format an external HD, first erase, then partition, even if you have only the single partition, format Mac OS Extended (Journalled) and run the Leopard install whilst connected by Firewire. G4's generally will not boot using USB2 despite what some may claim. To boot from the external, connect it up , go into Tiger System preferences, select the Leopard External drive, and restart. if the external is left connected during boot, press Option after the chimes. There has been a lot of discussion on leaving external drives connected during shut down with some folk believing this causes corruption of the installed OS, and better to drag icon to trash and then disconnect external drive. [/QUOTE]
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