~pcwiz Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Hey, Just wanted to let everyone know of an article I found about booting OS X from an iPod I have read repeatedly about the possibility of putting a bootable version of OS 9 or OS X (or even both) on an iPod. How do I do this without damaging the music part of it? And how do I boot from an iPod? -- Sebi Meyer, Macworld Forums As we used to say in the funked-up seventies, "Ain't no thang." (For those of you who aren't hep to this jive, it means "this isn't a big deal.") Just attach the iPod to your FireWire Mac. If iTunes 2 doesn't pop open on its own, launch it. In the iPod Preferences window, select the Enable FireWire Disk Use option. Now restart your Mac. Once your iPod has mounted, insert an OS installation disc (either Mac OS 9.2 or OS X) and run the installer. When the installer asks where you'd like to install the operating system, navigate to the iPod and click on Continue to step through the rest of the installation. When you want to boot from your iPod, plug it into your Mac. Once it's mounted, select it as the start-up disk in OS 9's Startup Disk control panel or in OS X's Startup Disk system preference. Restart your Mac to boot from the iPod. Original page: http://www.macworld.com/2002/05/secrets/mac911/ The article is a bit old (it the PowerPC age) but I expect it will work just the same with an Intel mac. It looks like its as simple as installing to an external hard drive. Has anyone with a large capacity iPod tried this? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64248-boot-os-x-from-ipod/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddicus Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Hey, Just wanted to let everyone know of an article I found about booting OS X from an iPod Original page: http://www.macworld.com/2002/05/secrets/mac911/ The article is a bit old (it the PowerPC age) but I expect it will work just the same with an Intel mac. It looks like its as simple as installing to an external hard drive. Has anyone with a large capacity iPod tried this? I'm not sure it works anymore and it's my understanding it's dangerous for the iPod. I'm not sure about the latest iPods or about Intel Macs, but a few years ago, i think with 10.3 Panther, apple disabled this, made it so OS X wouldn't boot. People were taxing their iPods too much and killing the drives after booting. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64248-boot-os-x-from-ipod/#findComment-454785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 I'm not sure it works anymore and it's my understanding it's dangerous for the iPod. I'm not sure about the latest iPods or about Intel Macs, but a few years ago, i think with 10.3 Panther, apple disabled this, made it so OS X wouldn't boot. People were taxing their iPods too much and killing the drives after booting. it is, the hard drives in the ipods are rating for 20,000 of use, the ones in computers are rated for about 200,000, plus the constant stress on the hard drive probably decreases that a lot. if u played an ipod for 2 years straight, the HD would prolly break Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64248-boot-os-x-from-ipod/#findComment-454787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 I thought there was a catch to it...Lots of people were saying that it wasn't possible to boot OS X on an iPod and I guess they were right Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64248-boot-os-x-from-ipod/#findComment-455338 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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