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## USB Boot via OpenFirmware
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Early Apple machines based on PowerPC processors (1994-2006) lacked built-in support for booting from USB drives. However, a clever workaround existed through OpenFirmware.
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Early Apple machines based on PowerPC processors (1994-2006) lacked built-in support for booting from USB drives. However, a clever workaround existed through OpenFirmware as described [here](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/guide-new-method-booting-from-usb-on-powerpc-macs.2403368/)
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2 features will be interesting here, browsing USB and booting from USB
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**dev** and **ls**, are the commands to select a device and list contents
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2 features of OpenFirmare will interest us, browsing USB and booting from USB.
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### Browsing USB
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I disconnected everything from the iBook and plugged an USB drive in first USB port (on the left)
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**dev** and **ls**, are the commands to select a device and list contents. I disconnected everything from the iBook and plugged an USB drive in first USB port (on the left)
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I selected first usb
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