>> Does anyone know if these types of cards will allow the hard drive to be >> the startup drive or do I have to use my OEM hard drive as the startup >> drive...(I want to remove the OEM drive, anyway).. > >yeah..you can start the system up from any drive conencted to the system >via one of these cards.
The whole point of the built-in (Mac) firmware within these controllers is their ability to: 1) identify themselves as a SCSI controller during the very lowest level power-on reset sequence which is executed by the Mac, and 2) make the Mac ROM code recognize the attached devices as eligible for booting by feigning to be real, live SCSI devices. With that in mind, many such controllers don't claim to support anything other than non-demountable hard drives. In particular, CD and DVD drives may (usually will) require third-party driver support in order to enable support of Toast and perhaps other applications, including Apple DVD Player, when these EIDE/ATAPI devices are attached as SCSI devices, through one of these cards. The applications do not appreciate being told by the MacOS that the attached devices are SCSI, whereas actual interrogation of the devices themselves, using SCSI-type commands, result in a return of non-SCSI (EIDE, ATAPI, e.g.) as their device type. -- 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
