Try re-formatting the thumb drive and re-applying the image. If that fails, try a different thumb drive.<div><br></div><div>--S<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 2:09 PM, meredith scheff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:satiredun@gmail.com">satiredun@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I am intel based.<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Philip Gavlan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pgavlan@gmail.com" target="_blank">pgavlan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Only Intel-based Macs support USB booting. You will need a firewire
drive in order to boot from on a PowerPC box.<br>
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Phil<div><div></div><div><br>
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On 12/20/2010 2:03 PM, meredith scheff wrote:
</div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div></div><div>Hi all,
<div>I have a copy of OSX Snow Lepoard that I'm trying to install
off of a thumb drive, as my optical is busted. I am following
these directions:</div>
<div><a href="http://www.maciverse.com/install-os-x-snow-leopard-from-usb-flash-drive.html" target="_blank">http://www.maciverse.com/install-os-x-snow-leopard-from-usb-flash-drive.html</a></div>
<div>but having issues- it won't install. If I hold alt while
booting, it doesn't show up as a bootable drive, if I select the
image off the thumbdrive and try to run it, it asks to restart
and then goes back to my regular desktop after restarting. </div>
<div>Can anyone give me some pointers?</div>
<div>Best</div>
<div>Mer<br clear="all">
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