Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK

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Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK
Date	2014-01-08 14:27 -0500
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In article <slrnlcr7dp.osi.gsm@cable.mendelson.com>, Geoffrey S.
Mendelson <gsm@mendelson.com> wrote:

> >> maybe the iBook G3 in question is not USB bootable.
> >
> > it isn't, at least not without a *lot* of effort.
> 
> XPostFacto might do it, which probably would qualify for a lot of effort.
> :-)

if only t were that easy.

you have to tell open firmware the uuid of the drive, and you have to
do that each time you boot. it's not impossible but it's also not at
all practical.

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Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK DJW <ddwr@hotmail.com> - 2014-01-05 09:10 -0800
  Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-01-05 18:04 +0000
  Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-01-05 10:14 -0800
    Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-01-05 19:04 +0000
    Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-01-06 17:12 +0000
      Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-01-06 11:38 -0800
        Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-01-06 21:59 +0000
  Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK DJW <ddwr@hotmail.com> - 2014-01-06 09:50 -0800
  Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-01-07 12:27 +1100
  Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK DJW <ddwr@hotmail.com> - 2014-01-07 08:01 -0800
    Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-01-07 16:39 +0000
    Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> - 2014-01-08 06:52 +0100
      Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-01-07 23:08 -0800
      Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-08 13:42 -0500
        Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-01-08 18:54 +0000
          Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-08 14:27 -0500

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