On 21/05/02 11:26, "Dan Lovejoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> On a related note, does anyone know of a way I can put my WS PB into
>> Firewire Target disk mode (I have an OrangeLink Firewire Card), or
>> something like it? I have some digital video work to do at home which
>> my PB can handle, but the files are on my work machine. Thanks.
> 
> I think I've read somewhere that FireWire target mode only works with
> laptops that have built-in FW ports.
> 
> -Laurent.
> 
> I'm assuming this, because it has to do with the startup sequence and
> the ROMs, but I wonder if there is some kind of utility or trick I could
> do that would allow this to happen.

Very unlikely since, as you mention, this has to happen at startup, where no
extensions of any kind are loaded...

-Laurent.
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