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Morphos booting from external DVD USB drive
  • Caterpillar
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    gothor
    Posts: 32 from 2011/4/6
    Hi,

    i have a Powermac G5 without internal DVD Drive. Is it possible to boot from a external USB Drive for Installation Morphos? if it is not possibel, have anyone here a internal drive for sale?

    Thx for help,

    Christoph
  • »22.06.20 - 10:16
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  • Order of the Butterfly
    Order of the Butterfly
    MoerBoer
    Posts: 230 from 2019/10/15
    There are detailed examples on their website : https://www.morphos-team.net/guide/usb-boot
  • »22.06.20 - 10:24
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  • Caterpillar
    Caterpillar
    gothor
    Posts: 32 from 2011/4/6
    Thanks for the fast answer. Can't boot directly from an external DVD drive? Do i understand correcly? If yes i will take these option.

    Christoph
  • »22.06.20 - 10:35
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  • Order of the Butterfly
    Order of the Butterfly
    MoerBoer
    Posts: 230 from 2019/10/15
    I'm not sure about external DVD drive, but a cheap USB stick should do the trick. I've installed via OpenFirmware on my iMac g5 with no problems.
  • »22.06.20 - 10:56
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  • Caterpillar
    Caterpillar
    gothor
    Posts: 32 from 2011/4/6
    Thx for your help
  • »22.06.20 - 12:17
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