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

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nospam 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.
:-)

It would boot OS9 off of the local hard drive, and then boot OSX off of 
other drive. I've done it with SCSI, never tried it with USB. (no longer
have the hardware).

Geoff.

-- 
Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379

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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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