Bruce Johnson wrote: > Well, yes, what you need to do is look at the mechanism *inside* those > firewire and USB cdrw's...all of them are IDE drives in cases with > IDE-USB or IDE-Firewire converters.
hmm that's what I already suspected, but thanks anyway. FWIW: my CD-RW was a Lite-On 24102B (24x10x40) in my B&W G3. It was bootable with 'C' if the Zip was disconnected. If the Zip was connected booting with 'C' didn't work, but selecting the CD-RW in the StartupDisk cp worked, but usually it took a few minutes before it actually started to boot. Stuck the Lite-On in my PC and now have a Sony CRX140E (8x4x32) in my B&W G3 which is perfectly bootable. -- "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." - Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989 * * -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
