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Ziltam Author

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Can you install OSX on a USB hard drive and mac os 9 on the built in one?

I'm getting an iMac G4 for Christmas and want a small HDD for os9 and a big one for osx

HELP PLEASE

iMac G4-OTHER, Mac OS 9.2.x, Mac OS 10.1.2

Posted on Nov 19, 2011 9:31 AM

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Niel

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Posted on Nov 19, 2011 10:05 AM

You need to use an internal or FireWire drive. This includes partitioning the internal one.

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Sep 18, 2013 10:34 AM in response to Ziltam

Not excluded, there was indeed such a limited series, dunno why Apple stopped its development. Anyway, all intel macs allow dual boot, USB and firewire, and last generations add a third possibility, thunderbolt boot. ThB is, in fact, an upgraded firewire, in its turn an upgraded scsi.

Ziltam Author

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Apr 26, 2014 3:49 PM in response to Cattus Thraex

Do you think NetBoot would work and if so how could I implement it and world it be bette than USB?

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Apr 26, 2014 10:41 PM in response to Ziltam

I do not know as I cannot test this.

You opened this thread a long time ago, could you please sum up what you have done, and what you are planning to do? Is there anything, which does not work?

You checked your problem as solved.

Can you install OSX on a USB hard drive and mac os 9 on the built in one?