Fedora Core 4 PPC usb boot image

Drew Bertola drew at drewb.com
Fri Mar 18 09:04:47 UTC 2005


Colin Charles wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 14:13 +0100, shrek-m at gmx.de wrote:
> 
>>no luck, does not work here.
>>the only 2 boot devices i can see:
>>  mac os x  (hda2)
>>  linux = fc3-rawhide  (hda4)
>>but not the usb-stick, the usb-stick-led (256mb) is flickering
>>afaik the mac can not boot from usb but firwire [T].
> 
> 
> Well, there's a snag key for firewire, but it should be able to boot
> from USB devices (I just tested mine with the iPod over usb...)
> 
> Now, what Mac do you have?

I tried this method on my very new Powerbook 1.5GHz G4 15" and I was not 
able to boot off the USB Stick.  I can boot off a firewire drive, but I 
believe booting off USB is not possible.  I should try booting off my 
USB CD drive.  If I get a chance, I'll hook it up and report back.

--
Drew
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