That machine is from another era and I found most did not boot from USB. They did boot from Firewire but the SDHC card is not on Firewire and SDHC predates that time. SD on Firewire would be an interesting area to explore but I can't find any support document for that.
Bob
I was wondering if it is possible to install Mac OSX 10.5 (Leopard) on an SDHC card and boot a G4 Powerbook? (PowerPC, not intel)
I wanted to find out before I buy the card. Thanx.

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