Re: Booting from USB Drive

2009-10-05 Thread Shawn H Corey
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 comm

Re: Booting from USB Drive

2009-10-05 Thread Stefan Monnier
> 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. Stefan -- To

Re: Booting from USB Drive

2009-10-02 Thread Gunther Furtado
Hi, 2009/10/2 Shawn H Corey : > Hi, > > I have a PowerBook G4.  Is there any way to get it to boot from USB drive. >  I can set it up but I need the correct initrd.gz to make it work. > > Has anyone tried this?  Can anyone suggest a web site? > Yes, it is possible. I''ve done it in an ibook g3 I

Re: Booting from USB Drive

2009-10-02 Thread Shawn H Corey
Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: AFAIK it's possible from within OpenFirmware. But there are no easy aliases to access your USB drive. This you'll have to dig into OpenFirmware commands. Probably you will also need a HFS partition with yaboot on it on your stick because OpenFirmware can only read from

Re: Booting from USB Drive

2009-10-02 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, Shawn. On Oct 02 2009, Shawn H Corey wrote: > Is there any way to get it to boot from USB drive. I don't really know, but can you use a firewire device instead? If so, that would be supported by a good amount of Macs. > I can set it up but I need the correct initrd.gz to make it work. Well,

Re: Booting from USB Drive

2009-10-02 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 09:59:58AM -0400, Shawn H Corey wrote: > Hi, > > I have a PowerBook G4. Is there any way to get it to boot from USB > drive. I can set it up but I need the correct initrd.gz to make it > work. > > Has anyone tried this? Can anyone suggest a web site? AFAIK it's possibl

Booting from USB Drive

2009-10-02 Thread Shawn H Corey
Hi, I have a PowerBook G4. Is there any way to get it to boot from USB drive. I can set it up but I need the correct initrd.gz to make it work. Has anyone tried this? Can anyone suggest a web site? -- Just my 0.0002 million dollars worth, Shawn Programming is as much about organiza