mustang1
03-26-09, 12:08 PM
Is it possible to turn a Macbook/Pro into a USB hard drive by hitting a certain key combo when booting up?
Foo - Macbook as USB drive
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Hickeydog
03-26-09, 12:10 PM
no. Mac book does not allow you to do anything except exactly what Apple wants you to do.
mlts22
03-26-09, 12:11 PM
Nope. Target mode (where you hit "T" while booting) is only available on the Macs with FireWire. You can do this on a Macbook Pro, but you can't with USB.
DannoXYZ
03-26-09, 01:12 PM
The main issue has to do with signaling-protocols. USB is not a DMA bus-mastering connection and requires CPU-arbitration at the hardware level. This would require implementing USB in a non-standard way to force one CPU/computer into the target disk mode.
It's a really handy feature though. You just start the transfer wizard, set the old computer into target disk mode and it transfers all your user-profile settings and documents to the new computer and everything's exactly the same on your new computer. :)
It's a really handy feature though. You just start the transfer wizard, set the old computer into target disk mode and it transfers all your user-profile settings and documents to the new computer and everything's exactly the same on your new computer. :)
mlts22
03-26-09, 01:24 PM
Going off tangent here, I'd like to see some type of protocol on gigabit Ethernet where it can be used instead of IEEE 1394, where it doesn't use TCP/IP's frame structure, but one that is dedicated for block reads/writes like iSCSI or whatnot. Then have the ability to boot target mode from that.
MrCrassic
03-26-09, 01:43 PM
Is it possible to turn a Macbook/Pro into a USB hard drive by hitting a certain key combo when booting up?
No. Why would you want to do that?
No. Why would you want to do that?
DannoXYZ
03-26-09, 06:09 PM
Going off tangent here, I'd like to see some type of protocol on gigabit Ethernet where it can be used instead of IEEE 1394, where it doesn't use TCP/IP's frame structure, but one that is dedicated for block reads/writes like iSCSI or whatnot. Then have the ability to boot target mode from that.FCoE
mlts22
03-26-09, 08:00 PM
FCoE
OK, I'm brain dead. I didn't realize that that (FC over Ethernet) even existed. Problem solved. Now, if Apple could support that in target mode.
OK, I'm brain dead. I didn't realize that that (FC over Ethernet) even existed. Problem solved. Now, if Apple could support that in target mode.
MrCrassic
03-26-09, 09:57 PM
FCoE
Always count on the BF Genius to learn a bit. Thanks, Danno!
Always count on the BF Genius to learn a bit. Thanks, Danno!