impulsion Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 since i am having issues installing leopard on my hp due to hd issues, i was wondering if anyone has attempted to install this on a usb flash drive? i know the data rates aren't the greatest i am more or less looking for functionality at this point, i have a peice of software that runs more stable on mac os. i have a 16gb flashdrive on the way. read speeds were clocked at 33mb/s (ntfs) fat32 is slower, i'm not sure what the speed difference between fat32 and hfs+ are either but was thinkin about giving this a shot as an alternative to get something working. so on that note! has anyone tried this yet? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109412-usb-flash-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulsion Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 bump Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109412-usb-flash-drive/#findComment-776368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulsion Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 i find it odd that nobody has any insight or advice to give me on this, doesn't matter what it is! i'm just looking for input, advice on how to go about it or what to expect or not to expect! thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109412-usb-flash-drive/#findComment-779017 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hill Beast Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Theoretically, you can install anything onto a USB Flash Drive, provided the BIOS will support HDD emulation. I have installed Windows 98 onto a flash drive before. It was slow but it definately worked. I also tried Windows XP, but it would get a BSOD because it would reset the USB bus when it boots and this would cause it to nolonger read the boot device, ie the flash drive. Long story short: probably not. Mac OS X being a modern and intelligent system, unlike Windows 98 which will work with what its got and won't care where it boots from, will detect a USB bus and will reset it upon boot cause the boot device to disappear and it will cause a kernal panic. Of course I'm just guessing and there are patches for Windows for these things, but as for OS X... I have no idea. But I'd say no you can't install on a USB Flash Drive Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109412-usb-flash-drive/#findComment-779026 Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulsion Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 Theoretically, you can install anything onto a USB Flash Drive, provided the BIOS will support HDD emulation. I have installed Windows 98 onto a flash drive before. It was slow but it definately worked. I also tried Windows XP, but it would get a BSOD because it would reset the USB bus when it boots and this would cause it to nolonger read the boot device, ie the flash drive. Long story short: probably not. Mac OS X being a modern and intelligent system, unlike Windows 98 which will work with what its got and won't care where it boots from, will detect a USB bus and will reset it upon boot cause the boot device to disappear and it will cause a kernal panic. Of course I'm just guessing and there are patches for Windows for these things, but as for OS X... I have no idea. But I'd say no you can't install on a USB Flash Drive i understand where your coming from but wouldn't it technically be the same as installing it on an external hd and booting from that? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109412-usb-flash-drive/#findComment-779049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulsion Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 ok so i managed to install leo4all 10.5.2 v.2 on a 16 gb usb flash drive. after install it booted into the welcome section. went through all the setup and registration bs. don't get me wrong, it is a little slow but it did run. i get a window that pops up telling me that a kext couldnt load properly and it asked me if i wanted to fix it, so i clicked fix. after restart the boot hangs. i'm gonna do a fresh install again. does anyone know where i can find a lite version of leopard that will run on amd?all i really need it for is to run 1 program for the time being. i could care less about internet or audio output. i'm more or less looking for speed at this point<br> Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109412-usb-flash-drive/#findComment-781467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yosmc Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Impulsion, how did your story end? I have a new Latitude 6500 with a NTFS formatted drive that's bitlocker encrypted, so instead of messing with that one I'm considering using USB flash stick, but if that's a pain then maybe I'm not gonna do it after all. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109412-usb-flash-drive/#findComment-951245 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrKrinkle Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I would also like to know. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109412-usb-flash-drive/#findComment-1065194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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