Aug
20
2008
External Boot Devices
Posted by: admin in HD Diagnosis, Mac Backup, Mac Repair, tags: Apple, boot, External Hard Drive
About Apple Macs & FireWire 400 for external startup/booting
All FireWire Equipped Apple Computer models since 2001 support booting this drive via FireWire when a proper, supported OS has been loaded onto this Drive.
Booting via FireWire requires Mac OS 8.6 or later or any version of Mac OS X.

About Apple Macs & USB 2.0 for external startup/booting
Apple Officially supports USB 2.0 Bootability on all Intel Processor based desktop, laptop, and tower models. Unofficial support exists for various PowerPC models.



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