<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I'm almost 100% positive that USB devices are not bootable from a non-intel Mac. Does your G5 not have a DVD drive? Does not have to be a dual layer drive to read a dual-layer disc.<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Also, you can "clone" the CD onto an external Firewire drive and boot from that if the internal DVD drive is not an option. 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margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Consultant - Departmental IT Resources</span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">E19-630</span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><a href="mailto:amunch@mit.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: blue; ">amunch@mit.edu</span></a></span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">(617) 253-0157</span></div></span></font></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span> </div><br><div><div>On Feb 22, 2008, at 12:15 PM, <a href="mailto:macpartners-request@MIT.EDU">macpartners-request@MIT.EDU</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Send Macpartners mailing list submissions to<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:macpartners@mit.edu">macpartners@mit.edu</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/macpartners<br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>macpartners-request@mit.edu<br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>macpartners-owner@mit.edu<br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of Macpartners digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. booting PowerMac G5 from external USB drive (Felix Kreisel)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:12:41 -0500<br>From: Felix Kreisel <fjk@MIT.EDU><br>Subject: [Macpartners] booting PowerMac G5 from external USB drive<br>To: Macintosh IT Partners <macpartners@MIT.EDU><br>Message-ID: <7E9A0EFF-F847-4E86-B739-107BE69289E2@mit.edu><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes<br><br>Hi,<br>I am trying to install Leopard from an external USB DVD-DL drive. This <br>device, a LiteOn DX-20A3H rewriteable, drive does not show up on the <br>list of bootable devices in either Preferences->Startup Disk or when <br>booting with the Option key down.<br>I am tearing my hair out because I bought the LiteOn drive <br>specifically to upgrade the Mac to Leopard. Can anyone suggest a <br>solution?<br>Many thanks,<br>Felix<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Macpartners mailing list<br>Macpartners@mit.edu<br>http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/macpartners<br><br><br>End of Macpartners Digest, Vol 57, Issue 10<br>*******************************************<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>