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cabbitzilla ([personal profile] cabbitzilla) wrote2008-03-16 08:35 pm
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Having failed utterly at netbooting this poor antiquated PowerBook...

Does anyone have a USB DVD drive that I could borrow for an afternoon? I'm frustrated as all hell with this, and I think my local linux guru's about fed up with this particular imossible project. :(
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[personal profile] wibbble 2008-03-17 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
I've got bad news for you: it won't boot from USB either. Macs only got that ability when they went Intel.

[identity profile] invader-tak-1.livejournal.com 2008-03-17 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
Its true, at first I thought they were saying early Macs didn't HAVE usb. Then I read it more clearly. I spend way to much time arguing with Microsoft fanboys. :/

But no, the older Macs boot from Firewire Devices. If you end up giving up on it let me know, I'm looking to obtain an early Mac Notebook I can play with OS9 on, preferably a "Clamshell" but Im' not rich enough to be fussy.

Starting with Tiger I never got to mess with it.
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[personal profile] wibbble 2008-03-17 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Early Macs didn't have USB. First Macs to ship with USB were the original iMacs and the Blue & White PowerMac G3. Some late-model PowerBook G3s had USB too, but the earliest didn't.

My first Mac didn't have USB. :op

[identity profile] elisabeth.livejournal.com 2008-03-17 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
This is the G3 Lombard, the 1999 model... it's got USB.
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[personal profile] wibbble 2008-03-17 08:36 am (UTC)(link)
I figured, or you wouldn't be calling for a USB drive. :o)
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