How to set up Apple Partition Map not to be a Master Boot Record

Hi.
In order to copy Leopard install disk to a flash drive I need format the 8 G Cruzer (on which the U3 was removed) to set up Apple Partition Map not to be a Master Boot Record to be bootable on my Quicksilver G4. I never used partitioning before, step by step please.
W.W.

Hi, motsteve -
Forget booting USB on any G4
USB booting is possible on all G4s and later models starting with the G4 (AGP) models, per -
Article #58430 - USB Info and Benefits of Dual-Channel USB
I think I read somewhere (couldn't find it just now) that the earlier versions of OSX are not USB bootable, so booting to USB on G4s might need to be by using OS 9.
I've never tried USB booting. However, I have made a bootable Zip100 disk for my G4/500 (AGP), using its internal Zip drive. Did it just to see if it would work - it does. There's a fair amount of room left over on the 100MB disk, too.
Intel-based machines are also USB bootable, per this article -
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1948

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