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  • Re: will iMac boot OS X from external firewire drive

    From slavins@slavins@hearsay.demon.co.uk@localhost (Simon Slavin) to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 23:41:14
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <290620031748119730%mcojob-nospam@yahoo.com>,
    Rick Harrison <mcojob-nospam@yahoo.com> wrote:

    is it impossible to boot the iMac in X from an external
    firwire drive?

    The drive itself has to support booting. Some do, some don't.


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  • From Rick Harrison@mcojob-nospam@yahoo.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 21:05:56
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <BB27CC9A96685EEABB@10.0.1.2>, Simon Slavin <slavins@hearsay.demon.co.uk@localhost> wrote:

    The drive itself has to support booting. Some do, some don't.

    Well, I reinstalled OS X 10.2.6 on the LaCie external drive and it now
    boots just fine. It seems to be nearly as fast as the internal drive
    and much quieter.
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