[Nottingham] [Meet] *TODAY* 20/09/2007 at The Navigation

[Martin]

Simon Osborne wrote:
>> And I've recently discovered that you cannot boot an old iMac from a USB
>> device :-(
> 
> Yup.. you'll need a firewire device to boot from (which I've got).
> What are you trying to install?

It's more a case of being able to have a bootable backup to hand if the
main hdd were to fail.

The best next idea is to use something as a boot CD to then boot up the
USB HDD system. I guess, try YDL...


>> Simon: I guess we can meet up for Beeston Last Post beers sometime for
>> the hardware swap?
> 
> Sure thing. I'm in no rush for the mouse.

Fine. Email whenever for mouse and leads.


Cheers,
Martin

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