Re: Disabling The Internal Superdrive In The Mac's Firmware

2013-01-18 Thread Chris Blouch
From this somewhat dated article: http://forum.maccast.com/index.php?/topic/14619-can-i-boot-os-x-off-an-external-usb-dvd-drive/ it sounds like you just have to hold the option key down after the bootup chime and eventually you'll get a menu to choose which drive to boot from. Not sure if VO w

Disabling The Internal Superdrive In The Mac's Firmware

2013-01-13 Thread Gavin Grundlingh
Hi all, Is there any possible way to disable my broken internal superdrive in the EFI firmware of the Mac without having to actually open up the computer and physically disconnect it? Apparently, this is what I'd need to do to get an external DVD drive to boot on here. Regards, Gavin Grundlin