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My friend did this with his 3G 20 & he used it for about a week until the hard drive completely bit it. It began to make this whirring sound with what sounded like scratching...keep in mind he had just kept it on his desk running the computer for about 5 days. Neat, but dangerous!]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/Carbon Copy Cloner will make an ipod a bootable disk of your current system and you will not need to erase the i-pod.
Makes a great saftey back-up and is very easy to use and free!
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

adam.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/
sam-- my ipod was pc formatted, so i erased it first, also--when it was mac formatted and as an ipod, i had a couple problems, so i erased it.

josh-- you're right, heat (and drive use) are the ipod killers. more so heat, i updated the article a bit, thanks.

cheers,
pt
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I had no problem what so ever to install the Tiger preview directly onto my iPod Mini (which already held some 500+ songs) and then immediately boot from the iPod Mini.

Don't make things look harder than they are.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/
If so, adding the option 'noatime' will save the hard drive quite a bit, since that will prevent it from writing to disk on each file access.

Jimmy C]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/
The good news is, I brought it in to the Apple Store here in San Francisco, and they gave me a new one on the spot. I use it just for listening to music now.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/Huh?]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/
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After plugging the iPod into the tower, I restarted the tower holding option — this allows you choose a boot volume. holding "t" for target disc was not successful (for the curious). after booting from the pod, I used CCC on it to clone the OS on the pod to overwrite the bad OS on the tower. I'm still crossing my fingers, but I'll update you on how the process went.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/
This reviewer of the iPod Armor case:
http://www.envynews.com/index.php?ID=481&page=3#start

states that the test iPod runs cooler in the aluminum case. Might this be the solution??

jgav
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]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/You need an emulator.
Try this:
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You can use your iPod for just installing an OS, as opposed to running the thing. If you have a disc image of the installer (because you backed up your legal copy, of course), "restore" that onto the iPod, then make the Pod your boot disc.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/how-to-use-an-ipod-as-a-bootable-drive/ipod photo?"
any help would be awsome
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