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Booting to External Drive on a G3 iMac.
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liquidtrance123
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Dec 17, 2004, 11:21 AM
 
Is it possible to boot off of a USB cd/dvd drive on an iMac G3?
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Dec 17, 2004, 04:03 PM
 
Depends on the model of iMac. Slot-loaders can, tray-loaders cannot.

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liquidtrance123  (op)
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Dec 17, 2004, 05:07 PM
 
well **** i got a tray loader

thnx for the info tho
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