gamephreaker Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Ok guys I'm in Iraq so sorry I Haven't been on but could use some help I'm using a dell i9300 it works pretty well but 80 gb hd not cuting it so want to usb boot have a 500gb maxtor ext drive but only want to use about 40-60gb for os X I use arcion to swap but can't get the drive to partition right o by the drive as firewire as well thx not to much on usb boot around found a bit but none on partitions Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9779-partition-usb-boot/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Bear Helms Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Partitioning any drive, internal or external, usually relies on an Operating System. The bootable utilities like Acronis don't always know how to find a USB or Firewire drive. Part of this problem is BIOS related. Without a BIOS mapping a drive to the drive interface (INT13), there's sometimes no way to discover its presence. But some manufacturers (usually of SCSI, but sometimes of Firewire) give DOS or similar drivers to let you find/boot/use their discs without an Operating System. If the external drive already has data, you must use Acronis or some other disk partitioning software to "compress" or "resize" a partition so that it occupies less space. Once you have free space on the external drive, you may proceed to follow the Wiki "Technical FAQ" regarding preparing a partition for OS X under Windows XP. OS X (and Windows for that matter) aren't a cinch to install on things other than a completely unused internal drive - complications are normal in these circumstances. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9779-partition-usb-boot/#findComment-61107 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamephreaker Posted February 23, 2006 Author Share Posted February 23, 2006 Partitioning any drive, internal or external, usually relies on an Operating System. The bootable utilities like Acronis don't always know how to find a USB or Firewire drive. Part of this problem is BIOS related. Without a BIOS mapping a drive to the drive interface (INT13), there's sometimes no way to discover its presence. But some manufacturers (usually of SCSI, but sometimes of Firewire) give DOS or similar drivers to let you find/boot/use their discs without an Operating System. If the external drive already has data, you must use Acronis or some other disk partitioning software to "compress" or "resize" a partition so that it occupies less space. Once you have free space on the external drive, you may proceed to follow the Wiki "Technical FAQ" regarding preparing a partition for OS X under Windows XP. OS X (and Windows for that matter) aren't a cinch to install on things other than a completely unused internal drive - complications are normal in these circumstances. if i boot from bios i get a grey startup screen then it looks up Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9779-partition-usb-boot/#findComment-61421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamephreaker Posted February 24, 2006 Author Share Posted February 24, 2006 ya it keeps locking up on gery boot screen Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9779-partition-usb-boot/#findComment-62736 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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