CNET Forums: Message List - Format an external HD with Mac OSX Extended (NOT journaled)? http://forums.cnet.com/ The latest posts in Format an external HD with Mac OSX Extended (NOT journaled)?. CNET Forums: Message List - Format an external HD with Mac OSX Extended (NOT journaled)? http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/cobd/cnet/cnet_88x31.gif http://forums.cnet.com/ 31 88 CNET.com CNET http://www.cnet.com Format an external HD with Mac OSX Extended (NOT journaled)? I've had a bad run of luck this year, dropping my powerbook g4, and mucking up my harddrives. I basically want to back ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-21565_102-5308236.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-21565_102-5308236.html 07 May 2012 00:02:31 PDT The problem The problem is more likely that only the very last PPC models to come out supported booting via USB at all, and then it ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-21565_102-5308285.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-21565_102-5308285.html 07 May 2012 04:49:22 PDT Does size matter? I've seen other systems stop booting as hard drive sizes exploded again. We saw HDD booting up to 1TB and then folk com ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-21565_102-5308339.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-21565_102-5308339.html 07 May 2012 08:38:20 PDT Also a good point Also a good point. Afraid the PPC models are largely before my time as a repair tech, so aside from a few MLB replacemen ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-21565_102-5308526.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-21565_102-5308526.html 07 May 2012 13:54:36 PDT Could Firewire be the &quot;correct&quot; answer? I remember that when you said &quot;Apple&quot; and &quot;PPC&quot; you pretty much said you were going to get a Firewir ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-21565_102-5308528.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-21565_102-5308528.html 07 May 2012 14:12:07 PDT well... I understand what you mean here, and I get what journaling does, but the issue you raise is a bit beside the point. You ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-21565_102-5308743.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-21565_102-5308743.html 08 May 2012 02:38:42 PDT correction R. Proffitt doesn't suggest it was a formatting problem. The friend whose swappable drive I was using did. editing err ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-21565_102-5308744.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-21565_102-5308744.html 08 May 2012 02:42:23 PDT All I can add is a repeat. From my memory, the only bootable thing was firewire back then. <br><br>Why not go with what was the standard back then ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-21565_102-5309014.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-21565_102-5309014.html 08 May 2012 13:28:01 PDT I may just need to do that. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-21565_102-5309100.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-21565_102-5309100.html 08 May 2012 17:18:35 PDT Are you sure? Are you sure? Really sure that your specific model can boot from USB devices? Just because the open firmware is register ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-21565_102-5309003.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-21565_102-5309003.html 08 May 2012 13:25:59 PDT Yes Yes I'm really, really and for true certain I can boot my PPC (g4 17&quot; powerbook 1.33g aluminum) from an external dr ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-21565_102-5309108.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-21565_102-5309108.html 08 May 2012 19:29:20 PDT