Boot to external DVD

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Boot to external DVD

Will the iBook G3 Dual USB boot to an exxternal DVD drive? I bought a used one on eBay and I believe it has a CDR drive in it. Just wondering about it being able to boot to an external USB drive.

iBook G3, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Dec 5, 2008 1:14 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 5, 2008 3:44 PM in response to jlcejgrantham

Hi, and welcome to Apple Discussions.

Is the DVD drive FireWire or USB?

An iBook G3 (Dual USB) has USB 1.1 ports. I doubt booting from a USB 1.1 port would be possible. (I know it won't boot from a USB external hard drive, but will from a FireWire hard drive.)

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Answer 2

Dec 5, 2008 4:37 PM in response to Ronda Wilson

This is a HP Lightscribe DVD. It supports both Firewire and USB. Thanks for the help.

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Answer 3

Dec 6, 2008 5:56 AM in response to jlcejgrantham

I am told that I am mistaken; iBooks are able to boot from a USB drive by using _Startup Manager_.

However, you will want to use the FireWire capability, since it will be much faster than the USB 1.1 ports of the iBook.

Does the DVD drive read CDs, too? Of course, you will need a bootable disc from which to start up.

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Answer 4

Dec 6, 2008 5:34 PM in response to Ronda Wilson

Yes it takes cd's or dvd's. Thanks for the help.

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Answer 5

Dec 7, 2008 3:14 AM in response to jlcejgrantham

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