USB Boot Drive

[Jack F]

Is it possible and/or logical to effectively have your boot drive connected to a USB "forever."  In my case (and I know I'm about to get a lot of hate)  I want to get a Mac Pro 2012 (The older more customizable model)  I want to have USB 3 PCIe card where it has a USB in the back where I could possibly put an USB to SATA cable and slap an SSD to have as my formal boot drive.  This is a question and I want logical unbiased answers.  Thanks!

 

Best Regards,

Jack F.

 

Some Product Examples:

PCIe USB 3.0 Card

USB 3.0 to SATA

[RadiatingLight]

It's possible, and I've installed windows on a USB flash drive and used it.

that was with a normal UEFI on a PC though. not sure what BIOS they use on macs, and if it can detect from USB.

 

worth a shot though. try installing Linux on a USB stick or something, and seeing if it works before buying stuff.

[Jack F]

Thanks, this helped a lot!

[crzyces]

33 minutes ago, Jack F said:

Thanks, this helped a lot!

Should work fine. You could feasibly use a usb stick as your permanent boot drive if it was large enough. Heh, a 120 gig usb boot drive. That's funny to think about. "Shoot, I left my usb stick at the office, we can't use the computer tonight hon..."

[ArduinoBen]

You running Windows or Mac OS?