Boot From Usb Stick Mac



If you want to use your USB stick with an Apple Mac, you will need to restart or power-on the Mac with the USB stick inserted while the Option/alt (⌥) key is pressed. This will launch Apple’s ‘Startup Manager’ which shows bootable devices connected to the machine.

Boot Mac From Usb Stick

Boot From Usb Stick Mac

(There's no video for Mac OS 9.2.2 'boot kit' for booting your G3/G4 from an USB stick yet. Please contribute to MR and add a video now!)

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  • If you want to install an operating system from the USB drive, you’ll need to add a hard disk later from within the virtual machine’s settings window. Be sure the USB drive is the first disk in the list. Linux and Mac Hosts. The process is basically the same on Linux and Mac host systems.
  • Enable USB booting in the BIOS. BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) helps you manage the hardware in your computer. During startup press the designated key to access the BIOS (typically F2 or Del). Use the arrow keys to navigate to the “Boot” tab. Move USB to the top of the list with ↵ Enter. Select “Save and Exit” and your computer will.
  • Now, click on the “Erase” button and the Disk Utility will prepare the USB stick for the next steps you’re going to follow. Disk Utility will let you know when it’s completed the task; once it’s finished, close Disk Utility. Make a Bootable USB Stick. Next, you’re going to head on over to the Mac App Store on a Mac laptop or computer.

What is Mac OS 9.2.2 'boot kit' for booting your G3/G4 from an USB stick?

Stop wasting plastic! You've been doing it wrong if you burn install CD's for your old Mac :P

This Mac OS 9.2.2 'boot kit' was made by @that-ben and makes the process of booting (and installing) Mac OS 9 on any G3 and most G4's from an USB stick a little bit easier, because not all the Mac OS 9 install CD images can be used to boot a Mac from an unlocked volume (such as from an USB stick or hard drive). This disk image does boot the computer into a fully useable desktop (albeit quite slow) and it's loaded with utilities and disk image mounting tools which will enable you to prepare and install Mac OS, everything without the need for a CD-ROM drive at all. Since the USB drive is unlocked, you can even surf the web using the pre-installed Classilla browser and go get more files, directly from the same computer you're about to install Mac OS on :P

There is no Mac OS installer on this disk image. You still have to download a Mac OS install CD ISO of your choice (Mac OS 9.2.2 Universal 2002 edition is highly suggested unless you know and want to use your machine specific Mac OS install CD) in order to install it on your Mac.

Follow these steps to clone this disk image onto an USB stick and follow the link at the bottom of that article to learn how to boot G3's and G4's from an USB stick using Open Firmware.

Once the Mac is booted off of the USB stick, what I would do is:

1) Copy anything from the internal hard drive that's worth keeping onto an USB stick or external drive and then format the internal hard drive as HFS Extended using the Drive Setup found under the Applications folder on the USB stick.

2) Use another USB stick (formated as FAT32 if your main computer is a Windows PC or HFS Extended if it's under Mac OS X) or the network to copy your Mac OS install CD image onto that Mac's internal hard drive.

3) Lock that Mac OS install disk image (click on it to select it, then under the menu at the top: File > Get Info, then check the Locked attribute on the bottom/left corner).

4) Use the pre-loaded Toast 5 Titanium to mount the Mac OS install CD image (locked).

5) Launch the installer and enjoy your freshly installed Mac! No CD, no pollution.

Pre-loaded software installed on the USB stick that you can use when booting off of it include:

  • Classilla (9.3.3)
  • Disk Copy 6.5b13
  • Disk First Aid
  • DiskTracker 2.3.3
  • Drive Setup
  • GraphicConverter Classic 6.5
  • MacErrors 2.0.1
  • NativeChecker
  • QuickTime 6.0.3
  • Quit Anything 1.6.1
  • ResEdit 2.1.3
  • SerialReader 2001 w/ Serial Box 08.2005 definitions
  • SoundApp 2.7.3
  • StuffIt Deluxe 7.0.3
  • Toast Titanium 5.2.3
  • Virtual CD/DVD-ROM Utility

Mac OS 9.2.2 Boot Kit.zip(164.02 MiB / 171.99 MB)
Mac OS 9.2.2 Boot Kit / Toast (ISO) image / Zipped
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Architecture


IBM PowerPC


Architecture: PPC

Use this to boot any G3 and most G4's into a fully useable Mac OS 9.2.2 desktop from an USB stick, pre-loaded with all the tools you need to prepare and install Mac OS 9 on your PowerPC Mac. This could also be used to boot the QEMU emulator if you wanted.


Emulating this? It should run fine under: SheepShaver



Boot Usb Thumb Drive Mac

With a bootable Ubuntu USB stick, you can:

Boot From Usb Stick Mac Os

Boot From Usb Stick Mac
  • Install or upgrade Ubuntu, even on a Mac
  • Test out the Ubuntu desktop experience without touching your PC configuration
  • Boot into Ubuntu on a borrowed machine or from an internet cafe
  • Use tools installed by default on the USB stick to repair or fix a broken configuration
Stick

Creating a bootable USB stick is very simple, especially if you’re going to use the USB stick with a generic Windows or Linux PC. We’re going to cover the process in the next few steps.

Apple hardware considerations

Boot From Usb Stick Macbook

There are a few additional considerations when booting the USB stick on Apple hardware. This is because Apple’s ‘Startup Manager’, summoned by holding the Option/alt (⌥) key when booting, won’t detect the USB stick without a specific partition table and layout. We’ll cover this in a later step.