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Powerbook G4 won't boot from ANY kind of external drive!
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<blockquote data-quote="Orinoco" data-source="post: 1012400" data-attributes="member: 146486"><p>harryb2448 thank you for your quick reply.</p><p></p><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>Did exactly that 2-3 times</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>Same here. The Powerbook just does not want to boot from the external drive no matter what. As I said before, my mac mini boots fine from it.</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><p></p><p>My experience is that it doesn't matter if you leave the drives connected. I have been booting my mac mini off an external LaCie 500 GB drive for over two years now while I ALWAYS leave it connected on shutdown.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, the PB still does not boot off the AKASA firewire drive and I am going nuts listening to EVERYBODY ELSE saying how easy it is to boot a Powerbook off firewire. I must be the only person in the world that has this problem...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orinoco, post: 1012400, member: 146486"] harryb2448 thank you for your quick reply. "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." Did exactly that 2-3 times "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." Same here. The Powerbook just does not want to boot from the external drive no matter what. As I said before, my mac mini boots fine from it. "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." My experience is that it doesn't matter if you leave the drives connected. I have been booting my mac mini off an external LaCie 500 GB drive for over two years now while I ALWAYS leave it connected on shutdown. Anyway, the PB still does not boot off the AKASA firewire drive and I am going nuts listening to EVERYBODY ELSE saying how easy it is to boot a Powerbook off firewire. I must be the only person in the world that has this problem... [/QUOTE]
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