I should have added also that the CF card in my original post was a PNY 133x CF card. Maybe the slower cards have a higher success rate in these older Powerbooks. Just comparing to what Craig W above has found in his experience.
Stewie On Aug 25, 6:45 am, aussieshepsrock <[email protected]> wrote: > Update! to original Inquiry! > > I've had a bit of a theoretical insight I wanted to run by the G-Book > members. > > Is it feasible to boot a powerbook from a removable drive module? > > If so, why couldn't I just crack open my Zip Drive Module and swap > it's mechanical drive for an IDE to CF Card Adapter? > > My narrow understanding is that the drive modules (CD, DVD, HD, Zip, > or whatever) generally speaking are ide devices on the inside and the > 'slot' the modules plug into when inserted into a Powerbook they're > compatible with essentially is a passthrough for the ide interface and > a power connection for the module. > > I think this methodology of converting a drive module would give me > the greatest flexibility of keeping my spacious internal HD and the > benefits of a solid state type boot device. > > The internal hd with it's OS'es on it would make trouble shooting a > ide/cf install and boot process a bit more straight forward. > > Richard --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
