grreeaatt Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 would it be possible to boot leopard from an 8 or 16GB flash drive which would have a much faster read/write time and so the boot times would be tiny. The internal hard drive could be used to store your data on it. the reason for this would be security. If you take the flash drive with you everywhere, then your files are safe - very few people (im the only person i know!) would be able to retrive that data off it, thus - secure! if there are any guides/tutorials, i'd love to know! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107719-run-leopard-off-a-816gb-flash-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 it is possible to bott of USB yes, however just because its flash doesn't mean its faster. most small flash devices (8-16G) 'thumb' pr 'pen' drives are quite a bit slower than a real drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107719-run-leopard-off-a-816gb-flash-drive/#findComment-764240 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grreeaatt Posted May 30, 2008 Author Share Posted May 30, 2008 wow, thanks for fast reply! interesting work, but why is it slow? arent the flash memory read/write speeds faster than hdd's? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107719-run-leopard-off-a-816gb-flash-drive/#findComment-764261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 the cheap/small drives available today are not any faster than HD's, they do 'seek' data faster because of no spinning, but the raw read/write is slow. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107719-run-leopard-off-a-816gb-flash-drive/#findComment-764543 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grreeaatt Posted May 31, 2008 Author Share Posted May 31, 2008 ih, that is interesting, but is there a tutorial on running osx from a flash drive and using the internal hdd for file storage? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107719-run-leopard-off-a-816gb-flash-drive/#findComment-765096 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSCXP2005 Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 I would like to know the same also. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107719-run-leopard-off-a-816gb-flash-drive/#findComment-765128 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=50889 http://www.bradbergeron.com/2006/11/howto-...-a-flash-drive/ http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...;p=744125 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107719-run-leopard-off-a-816gb-flash-drive/#findComment-765568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 its no different than simply formating the device with the proper partition map, installing a boot loader, and install leopard on it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107719-run-leopard-off-a-816gb-flash-drive/#findComment-766088 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grreeaatt Posted June 1, 2008 Author Share Posted June 1, 2008 http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=50889http://www.bradbergeron.com/2006/11/howto-...-a-flash-drive/ http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...;p=744125 thanka alot for your help, i will read through them when i have time! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107719-run-leopard-off-a-816gb-flash-drive/#findComment-766311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grreeaatt Posted June 3, 2008 Author Share Posted June 3, 2008 any other news? **bump** Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107719-run-leopard-off-a-816gb-flash-drive/#findComment-769778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 what news? it works if you follow the instructions, its not actually much faster. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107719-run-leopard-off-a-816gb-flash-drive/#findComment-770215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grreeaatt Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 but, those are not tutorials - there are no instructions in those links the middle link does have instructions, but that is for a mac, im on windows Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107719-run-leopard-off-a-816gb-flash-drive/#findComment-770718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 so plug the drive in before you boot off your dvd to install leopard. when it comes time to install leopard, just choose your USB stick drive as your destination in the standard installer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107719-run-leopard-off-a-816gb-flash-drive/#findComment-770745 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grreeaatt Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 so plug the drive in before you boot off your dvd to install leopard. when it comes time to install leopard, just choose your USB stick drive as your destination in the standard installer. oh right, ok, thats makes sense Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107719-run-leopard-off-a-816gb-flash-drive/#findComment-772167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ker Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 And it's as easy as that? WOW, i need to try that and boot into mac at school Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107719-run-leopard-off-a-816gb-flash-drive/#findComment-775825 Share on other sites More sharing options...
standfiuveiorfuasfjkaoefr Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Ive done it, im booting leopard 10.5.2 off a 16gb memory stick, one hfs+ partition. Doing it on a dell dimension 5150. It is a bit slow, and sometimes very painful but its good enough for general use :censored2: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107719-run-leopard-off-a-816gb-flash-drive/#findComment-949411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SticMAC™ Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Great to hear that it works! I have decided to use a extra 80GB drive that originally came out of an Apple for this same purpose. I'm running it in a 2,5" enclosure that has USB and eSATA connectors, this way(with a bit of careful planning) I am able to boot from it and it's quite fast, but also having most of the kexts for any of my machines installed on it, it configures itself, like WindBlows plug and play! The eSATA connector allows me to hotplug it to my G5-Mod via a JMicron controller and work on my data at 3.0GB/s! So I win all the way!! StiCMAN Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107719-run-leopard-off-a-816gb-flash-drive/#findComment-949440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaminmc Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 The eSATA connector allows me to hotplug it to my G5-Mod via a JMicron controller and work on my data at 3.0GB/s! Actually, It doesn't..... That is how fast the speed goes between your computer and the drive.... The drive can only go as fast as it can read or right off of the spindle. So you wont get nearly 3.0GB/s... You will however get faster access than USB 2. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107719-run-leopard-off-a-816gb-flash-drive/#findComment-1145601 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAppleFreak Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 For a while, I have been using a Kingston Datatraveler to boot Leo, and I have to say it is incredibly, painfully slow. It isn't a matter of power (Although the Dell Optiplex 745s that I use say that they run at 3.4 GHz, I suspect they're overclocked); rather, the read/write speed of USB is much slower than that of an internal HD. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107719-run-leopard-off-a-816gb-flash-drive/#findComment-1156515 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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