Steveuk Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Hi whos got a external Hdd running osx? I have a Lacie Big Disk but doesnt seem to work so i need another one so what have u people got working THxs Im in uk so need one in the uk THxs Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67654-recommend-external-hard-drive-to-run-osx86/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lactobacillus P Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 I have Leopard running on a 160Go firwire drive. Works great. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67654-recommend-external-hard-drive-to-run-osx86/#findComment-481000 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoarthing Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 ProAvio DVBox Pro [f/w 800/400/USB2] . . . works fine as a firewire boot drive [on an iMac] & is fast if you have 1394b. Have tried it as a boot-drive via USB2 on a hackintosh - works fine. Nice realistic writeup here [about halfway down] - images here: the thing is indeed noisy using the default fan, but if (say) bought cheap from scan.co.uk & used with WD Greenpower 1TB HDD(s) could probably be run fanless. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67654-recommend-external-hard-drive-to-run-osx86/#findComment-481014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Param Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 I'm using a simple DIY (laptop casing) USB HDD. To get away from MicroCRAP that's installed on my laptop's hard drive, I just plug in my USB HDD and start the system. What's the problem you're having? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67654-recommend-external-hard-drive-to-run-osx86/#findComment-481150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steveuk Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 Ive done clean installs and copys of my osx86 drive of my desktop but cant get it to boot on the desktop or the laptop i dont know if its my lacie drive thats got a problem Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67654-recommend-external-hard-drive-to-run-osx86/#findComment-481166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Param Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 1.Assuming you've already setup in your BIOS to look for USB device prior to HDD connected to your boards. 2.Did you try out on a friend's machine just to rule out the possibility of your Lacie Drive being the problem. Reason i'm asking is i've got another external drive (Cooler Master Xcraft) that has it's own power supply, and i've installed and running it without problems. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67654-recommend-external-hard-drive-to-run-osx86/#findComment-481930 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Param Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Installed it yesterday on another USB drive - http://www.maxtorsolutions.com/en/catalog/Basics_Basic/ Is there anything that's different to your Lacie drive? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67654-recommend-external-hard-drive-to-run-osx86/#findComment-484553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steveuk Posted October 30, 2007 Author Share Posted October 30, 2007 Right i got the Usb HDD working on my desktop but cant get it to work on my sony vaio it comes up with no operating system found when booting up Some help would be great Thxs Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67654-recommend-external-hard-drive-to-run-osx86/#findComment-487880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMoose Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Do you know if your laptop supports booting from a USB drive? You probably know this already, but just because a system can read and write to a drive doesn't mean it can boot from it. Is the usb port on your laptop 1.1 or 2.0? Is this a self powered drive? Can you boot into windows from this drive on your laptop? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67654-recommend-external-hard-drive-to-run-osx86/#findComment-487923 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steveuk Posted October 30, 2007 Author Share Posted October 30, 2007 Yes the Vaio allows booting from usb hardrive no idea if its 1.1 or 2.0 but i guess its 2 and its a self powered lacie drive. Can you boot into windows from this drive on your laptop ive no idea Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67654-recommend-external-hard-drive-to-run-osx86/#findComment-487979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shui aquatic Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 I have tried to run osx on a usb hd, and it can boot when usb device is set as the first in bios configuration.I think the firewire hd is different, the pc bios don't give the option of firewire booting. Perhaps a fixd hd with darwin bootloader is needed to boot the firewire hd.osx running on usb disk responds slowly somtimes, especially the files operation on the desktop.They always disappears, but you can list them in the terminal. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67654-recommend-external-hard-drive-to-run-osx86/#findComment-488352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steveuk Posted October 31, 2007 Author Share Posted October 31, 2007 Thxs Shui but sorry 4 being dumb but how do i do that? Thxs Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67654-recommend-external-hard-drive-to-run-osx86/#findComment-488544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
audio01 Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Hi, Already said: Booting from Firewire support on PC is not very common. USB 2.0 is a better bet. The best option would be an eSATA external case. Cheers! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67654-recommend-external-hard-drive-to-run-osx86/#findComment-488728 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Param Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 You do the boot sequence selection via BIOS setup. Suggest to put 1st as your CD/DVD drive and 2nd as USB followed by onboard HDD.Googled "booting from USB" and found out that some BIOS allows for a specific type of USB device as boot option (i.e. USB RMD-FDD, USB ZIP, USD HDD, USB CD-ROM), so you need to select the correct one if your BIOS has all these option. Yours should be USB HDD. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67654-recommend-external-hard-drive-to-run-osx86/#findComment-488739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steveuk Posted October 31, 2007 Author Share Posted October 31, 2007 Yes ive done that ive even disabled all boot options apart from boot from usb option and the screen comes up with no operating system found on my laptop But from my desktop it works fine Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67654-recommend-external-hard-drive-to-run-osx86/#findComment-488822 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Param Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 When you installed OS X on your USB HDD, did you install it via your laptop? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67654-recommend-external-hard-drive-to-run-osx86/#findComment-493966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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