Re: Booting from USB Drive

[Shawn H Corey <shawnhcorey@gmail.com>]

Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> I have a PowerBook G4.  Is there any way to get it to boot from USB drive.
> 
> IIUC it depends on your "PowerBook G4".  E.g. my PowerBook 12" G4 was
> not able to boot from USB last time I tried.  But admittedly, I only
> tried using the "boot menu" rather than via OF commands.

On all of Apple's PowerPCs, you have to go thru Open Firmware to boot
from USB.  As I understand it, some of the G3s run OF only via an
external terminal :-/


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