Question about bootcamp - Page 2

khgamer89 · #9 January 6th, 2009, 05:39 PM

O_o...okay...but could the external be put as one of the drives when the mini starts up? so i could choose between the 2 OS's?

also would any external hard drive work? like this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-60GB-Externa...3A1%7C294%3A50 a very simple hard drive but still.
its a not powered one. its powered through usb is what it says so. it says it supports mac osx.

ElDiabloConCaca · #10 January 6th, 2009, 06:42 PM

When you use virtualization or emulation, you don't load windows onto a drive -- rather, you load it into a "virtualized" drive, which is simply a file stored on a drive somewhere... And that "somewhere" can be a hard drive, external drive, flash drive, network drive, or any other storage medium.

Yes, just about any hard drive will work. But I feel the need to warn you that running windows on your machine in a virtualized environment is going to be slow... and forget about running any games other than minesweeper. Just a heads up!

khgamer89 · #11 January 6th, 2009, 06:44 PM

soo pretty much, i could have the drive attached.
and use a install disc at the boot of mac and go through the install and just install it on that "external hard drive" with no problems?

also does it matter if its USB 2.0? or Firewire?

ElDiabloConCaca · #12 January 6th, 2009, 07:21 PM

Yes, you can do that. As I said, you're going to be installing windows "into a file" and that file can be stored anywhere you can store a file.

Your mac will not "boot" from the windows cd though... You will install emulation software on your mac and you will run the software like you would run any other piece of software on your mac. That program will "emulate" the booting And running of windows.

khgamer89 · #13 January 6th, 2009, 07:24 PM

okay i think i get it. just a virtual drive that can be stored anywhere no matter what. that's pretttyy frickin sweet :P
tyvm

i'll be sure to install linux soon

i saw a nice version of fedora that looks nice