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PowerMac G5. Installing 10.5 off USB device?
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<blockquote data-quote="kahlil88" data-source="post: 1514407" data-attributes="member: 47208"><p>Supposedly it's possible to boot from USB using <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/shawnhcorey/howto-boot-apple-powerpcs-from-a-usb-drive-in-open-firmware" target="_blank">Open Firmware</a>, but I've never tried it. My last few Mac OS X PPC installs were done from an external FireWire hard drive that I cloned the Tiger and Leopard disc images onto as partitions. Much faster than using optical media <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kahlil88, post: 1514407, member: 47208"] Supposedly it's possible to boot from USB using [URL="https://sites.google.com/site/shawnhcorey/howto-boot-apple-powerpcs-from-a-usb-drive-in-open-firmware"]Open Firmware[/URL], but I've never tried it. My last few Mac OS X PPC installs were done from an external FireWire hard drive that I cloned the Tiger and Leopard disc images onto as partitions. Much faster than using optical media ;) [/QUOTE]
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