> External Firewire Suggestions? > > I have a G3 300 MHz Beige with 512MB RAM and original 6GB HD and a PPC > 9600 w/ G3 400 MHz with 2GB and 4GB HDDs. Each of these is currently > using MacOS 9.1 for its system. Each computer has a PCI Firewire card. > > I have a 7200 rpm Western Digital 80GB IDE UltraATA/100 Special Edition > HD with 8MB Cache which I would like to add to a PPA Inc Firewire > External case to use as a backup HDD for both. > > I would like to be able to partition the HD into several partitions > including hopefully a partition with a Jaguar system capable of > "booting" on the G3 300 MHz. I have read that Apple Drive Setup will > not work on a Firewire drive. Has anyone had any experience using FWB > Hard Disk Toolkit ver 4.5.1 to partition an external Firewire drive. > Any suggestions? Does anyone know whether the less than 8GB rule for OS > X system partitions applies to Firewire HDs and SCSI HDs? as it does > for IDE HDs? >
I'm pretty sure the Beige G3 cannot boot from a firewire drive, and I'm guessing the PPC 9600 cannot either. I tried it anyway on my Beige G3 266mHz Rev 1, and it did not work. It does work fine as an external hard drive, just can't boot from it. I guess you could always swap them out if your internal hard drive fails. Jackie -- 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
