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How can I boot from USB on an iMac g4 with USB 1.1?

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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Go on EBAY and buy an old USB 1.1 flashdrive, load up an OS on it, take out imac g4s normal hard drive, and voila, that's how I would do it.

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Go on EBAY and buy an old USB 1.1 flashdrive, load up an OS on it, take out imac g4s normal hard drive, and voila, that's how I would do it.

Ah you have to take out HD, and has to be an old flash drive?

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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Ah you have to take out HD, and has to be an old flash drive?

THat's my guess and what I would do.

 

 

But arent flashdrives backwards compatible though? Idk.

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THat's my guess and what I would do.

But arent flashdrives backwards compatible though? Idk.

Possibly. Tho I could imagine the os being slow on 1.1

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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