HT2699: FireWire Booting: What Computers Support It and How To

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Q: Hi I  Have late 2006 iMac 24'' and I can't boot from external FireWire drive. If I connect the same external drive via usb2 I can boot from it but it is slower than FireWire800 would be. Can you please tell me if this is possible at all?

Hi I 

Have late 2006 iMac 24'' and I can't boot from external FireWire drive. If I connect the same external drive via usb2 I can boot from it but it is slower than FireWire800 would be. Can you please tell me if this is possible at all? If so how to do it?

The external drive is in i-tec 3.5 External Case.

 

THanks

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), iMac 24'' late 2006 intel DualCore2

Posted on Apr 30, 2012 11:40 AM

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