David_Winograd Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 This may be a dumb question, but can I format the 32 gig Voyager and install Mac Leopard on the 32 gig Voyager to use it as a boot drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted January 29, 2008 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 29, 2008 I have not tried it and I am not sure if that O.S. can be installed on a flash drive. Just try it and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Winograd Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 I haven't bought it yet and wanted to know before I laid down the cash. Making a bootable OSX drive is the only reason I would need the Voyager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted January 29, 2008 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 29, 2008 I would suggest contacting Apple and see what they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z0ner Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 To answer the thread's question - yes it is bootable. Can you boot an OS off of it? Yes, I've got a linux distro that does exactly that. I would be interested to know if this can be done with Windows XP however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjgreen Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I can boot Mac OS X 10.5.1 from my Corsair Voyager 16 GB flash drive onto a MacBook and an Intel iMac. Install the OS on the flash drive as if it were an external hard drive. I use the optional install to prevent the loading of printer drivers or other languages to save space. Then install the Apple system updates. I have it up to OS 10.5.1 at the moment. You can use "Monolingual" to remove other language files to save more space. I can load the free NeoOffice office suite of programs and disk utilities to fix hard drive problems. The office suite can be used to edit files even if your hard drive has died. This is good to have as a backup while traveling. Even on my 16 GB flash drive, I have over 7 GB of space left. To use this flash drive as a boot drive to check and repair hard drives, disable "Spotlight" using either "Terminal" commands or use the "Spotless" program. Otherwise, the Spotlight function on the flash boot drive will prevent the unmounting of the hard drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Winograd Posted February 1, 2008 Author Share Posted February 1, 2008 Just as stated, I loaded Leopard on it and it booted just fine. This does only work on an intel mac as far as I can tell since PPC versions seem to have a different boot code. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted February 1, 2008 Corsair Employees Share Posted February 1, 2008 Thank you for taking the time to post your results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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