Re: [Fed-Talk] Formatting MXI Security drives as HFS+
Re: [Fed-Talk] Formatting MXI Security drives as HFS+
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Formatting MXI Security drives as HFS+
- From: Marko Kostyrko <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 17:08:33 -0700
Interesting that this solution works. For what it's worth, Macs (as far as I have been able to determine) don't support booting from USB flash media
Intel macs will boot from USB
Yes, but will the all boot from USB *flash* media...?
Only intel macs will boot USB. Its the bus not the media that matters (they use the bulk storage device driver, as far as the OS concerned they are actually hard drives (or more specifically block formatted bulk storage devices). So... yes, flash media is fine, provided they are on the USB bus.
It sounds like that device is not properly supporting the bulk storage device standard, which is stopping it being accessed at root device level (probably related to some sort of encryption driver ?) An old trick we used to use is to kill the computer during a format process thus rendering it as "needing root level formatting". I cannot guarantee this process and of course accept no liability for doing so, but it has worked on some weird devices in the old days.
The following product will help that (full disclosure this product is produced by SubRosaSoft, but it is freeware so ... no guilt plug)
I'd seen that product before. Looks nifty. Have you encountered any flash media that it does not work with?
Not so far, but we had a lot of fun shopping at Fry's to find one that would fail, and a lot of time (thanks to our hosts, Apple) at the ADC compatibility labs testing them.
The critical factors for booting are the raw partition scheme (fdisk wont work, pdisk or gpt are required) and the volume file system (only hfs+ works).
If you would like me to investigate further, then plugin the device, then execute the following command "ioreg -c IOMedia -w 0" in the terminal and send it to me off list.
Marko Kostyrko CEO - SubRosaSoft.com Inc skype: markokostyrko Cell: +1 (510) 789 3187
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