Swad Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I'm not sure how useful this is, but it's got all the geek-ness we’re a fan of here. Check out this guide at Mac OS X Hints on booting your Intel Mac with your iPod. From the article… Curious about how to booting your Intel iMac from either a USB2.0 iPod or an external Firewire drive? It is possible, and here's how. This has been tested with a 5G 30GB USB2.0 iPod with Video and an external FW400 60GB hard disk enclosure. The key issue is the disk partioning scheme that Intel Macs expect to see. GPT (or GUID), remember? Well it appears that the EFI in an Intel iMac also supports booting from Apple Partition Map (APM) partitioned disks as well. The Intel iMac's Install DVD Disk One, for instance, uses an APM and NOT a GPT scheme. I vote that the new Slashdot joke be “Yeah, but does it run OSx86?” Linux is SO 1990’s… Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10465-install-osx86-on-your-ipod/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUBMarcos Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Do you mind in telling me the advantages of it please? please use non technical language becasue that is what I did not get. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10465-install-osx86-on-your-ipod/#findComment-65470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggman Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I suppose it could be used the same way Damn Small Linux is used on a USB thumb drive. You could use it to boot an Intel Mac on another computer without installing it first. Pretty useless, in my opinion, but still cool! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10465-install-osx86-on-your-ipod/#findComment-65532 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdFlyer Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 definitely, i like the idea for the new slashdot joke. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10465-install-osx86-on-your-ipod/#findComment-65591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KENNYB Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 One of the coolest things you could do on a Mac was boot using firewire target disk mode. Good to see it coming back. You could plug a firewire cable from one mac to another, and be able to see the other's hard drive on your hard drive. It's been a long time since i've done it, but it's always been one the coolest things you could do on a mac. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10465-install-osx86-on-your-ipod/#findComment-66108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Bond Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 And you got me excited for a actual OSx86 running on an iPod. Buut seriously, that's handy, and I know exactly what you mean KENNYB. It would be nice if ultimately, you could use the that portable install with Hackintoshes too (correct me if you can already). It wouldn't matter whether you were on a PC or Mac, as that install would be completely universal. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10465-install-osx86-on-your-ipod/#findComment-66700 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Do you mind in telling me the advantages of it please? please use non technical language becasue that is what I did not get. It can function as an emergency boot/repair disk should the OS on your hard drive ever get fried Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10465-install-osx86-on-your-ipod/#findComment-71117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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