Installing Programs to an external/non-system hard drive (Raid 0)
Hello,
Here's the setup... a little different but should be simillar to MacPro setups. I have a Macbook with a 120gb stock drive and a 160gb 'optibay' hard drive installed where the superdrive was. It is all setup and running. I would like to Raid 0 the pair. That would give me a 37GB boot volume and a 220GB raid 0 internal volume.
I cannot get LogicPro 7 or FCS to install on the second volume. The error is:
"This software must be installed on the running system"
Is there a way around this? Is it possible to install OS X on a raid 0 volume such that I would have a 220gb boot volume and a 37GB 'extra' portion?
Thank you
What idea beyond just installing it where it goes? The installer is set to not allow it. You might try installing it, moving it, and putting an alias where the original is supposed to be.
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Message was edited by: Alvin777Hi Alvin777,
before I entered the Mac-world some 4 years ago I always had my HDs mounted horizontal.
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It was even more shattered when I bought my Mac Pro in Late 2006 and discovered that while the HDs are mounted horizontal they were upside down !!
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