Please, how to boot from a USB flash drive?

angeloilmio · 04-06-2005, 04:07 AM

With BootCD and CarbonCopyCloner does not work.

Thanks,

Raven · 04-06-2005, 08:44 AM

Can you even see the USB drive as an available boot drive if you go to the Startup Disk section of System Preferences ?
Also, this Applle KB suggests that you may simply need to update her HD drivers for your usb drive... Or follow other suggestions listed in the kb articles.

Craig R. Arko · 04-06-2005, 08:56 AM

You can't boot OS X from a USB device because it resets the USB bus right in the middle of the process.

OS 9 used to work, on the machines it could boot. Which is what that KB article is addressing.

Raven · 04-06-2005, 09:09 AM

Loool... Just read too afst too early in the morning... Sorry !

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04-06-2005, 09:09 AM	#4
Raven Hall of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Montreal Posts: 4,782	Loool... Just read too afst too early in the morning... Sorry ! __________________ Waffled foreheads are a symptom of broken keyboards and inexperienced users

04-06-2005, 08:56 AM	#3
Craig R. Arko Site Admin Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 3,988	You can't boot OS X from a USB device because it resets the USB bus right in the middle of the process. OS 9 used to work, on the machines it could boot. Which is what that KB article is addressing.