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Posts: 874 from 2007/4/9
From: Kingston upon ...
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zerohour wrote:
Is it possible to load MorphOS on an External USB drive and be able to boot it. Reason being I have a 1GB External USB Hard Drive I could use.
Also given my G4 CD drive is failing I would need to use the G5 DP machine to install MorphOS to the External drive then connect it to my G4 where it will be used.
Can this be done?
Yes, but it might be simpler to install using the G4 installing from a USB stick (see Jacadcaps excellent USB booting guide available in the morphzone library).
If you install using the G5 you'll have to manually change the boot.img file before booting the G4.
You'll also have to set some nvram variables to boot from USB by default.
I'd consider leaving the OS itself on the internal drive, and just putting your 3rd party applications, work, and media on the USB drive. Otherwise you're adding usb overhead (cpu) and lagginess to every system file access, as well as having the OS at the mercy of the usb stack. Fine for recovery or installation, but not wise for default setup imho.
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