#290694 - 10/01/0607:29 AMPowerBook/MacBook as Firewire HD
walzuhair
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Booting the PowerBook with the letter T held down will make it a Firewire HD, that is a given..<br><br>BUT<br><br>Can I format it and install Mac OS X on it while it's connected as an HD, AND make it bootable?<br><br>Thanks in advance for your kind help<br><br><br>www.waleedsgallery.biz<br><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by walzuhair on 10/01/06 10:30 AM (server time).</EM></FONT></P>
To save you the clicking, the answer is yes. But why? Is their no DVD drive on the Powerbook (which would obviously kill all hopes of installing Tiger)?<br><br>CreativeGuy for daily tips, tricks and commentary on all things graphic design.
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#290698 - 10/01/0610:04 AMRe: PowerBook/MacBook as Firewire HD
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walzuhair
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Jim, I have a G3 blue/white tower with 256MB RAM sitting doing nothing at the new place I'm working at.. I decided to make it an internal website to show information about the project I'm managing. The internal support team placed the G3s aside with a few other old Macs and converted (almost) everything to Windoze PCs.<br><br>The G3 was running Mac OS 8.6 with no hope of running anything newer.. To my surprise, they said they kept their Mac OS X licensing current. When I checked, the G3 only had a CD-ROM drive, hence my question..<br><br>Thanks <br><br><br>www.waleedsgallery.biz<br>
#290699 - 10/02/0601:05 PMRe: PowerBook/MacBook as Firewire HD
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pgamble
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If this helps. My company sent in our 10.4 DVD to Apple so that we could have CD's. I think it was $19.95 for the excahnge. We have so many work stations that are firewire G3's with out a dvd drive. Good Luck! <br><br>www.patgamble.com
#290701 - 10/02/0603:32 PMRe: PowerBook/MacBook as Firewire HD
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walzuhair
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It's interesting to know that such services exist, thanks.. <br>But I think for just once machine, the target firewire is a good solution for now (although the subject I wrote was wrong *blush*)<br><br>The good new is, I got the green light for an Xserve (waiting for the Xeon) and to provide them with a plan to convert their Windoze environment back to Mac.. So, yaaaaaaaaay <br><br><br>www.waleedsgallery.biz<br>
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by walzuhair on 10/01/06 10:30 AM (server time).</EM></FONT></P>
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