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01-19-2008, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by dnanian

No, because you can't boot from a USB drive. And, while you *can* partition with two file systems, you need to use "GUID" (for Intel Macs) or "APM" (for Power PC Macs) as the partition scheme if you want to be able to start up from the drive. Windows can't recognize either, and needs "Master Boot Record"... which can't start up a Mac.

So your saying an Intel mac cannot boot from a USB2.0 device Regardless of formatting and other variations?

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