I just found this case on ebay. says its for mac/pc what do you think? http://cgi.ebay.com/3-5-USB-2-0-1394-FIREWIRE-HD-ENCLOSURE-CASE-BLACK_W0QQitemZ5127087778QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCC_Drives_Storage_Internal?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116
On 1/9/09, jonas ulrich <[email protected]> wrote: > > When you say that the other models will work OK, are you saying that they > won't work as well?-Jonas > > On 1/9/09, Kris Tilford <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> On Jan 9, 2009, at 7:37 PM, jonas ulrich wrote: >> >> > I am looking for a way to get around the 128GB limit on my digital >> > audio powermac without replacing the computer because I am cheap. >> > All of the ata cards that i found either didn't support big drives >> > or weren't bootable. Will it be reliable/possible to boot from an >> > external firewire drive? >> >> >> Yes. Some older Firewire enclosures (pre-2003) have the 128GB limit, >> but all modern ones are not limited. The newest enclosures are made >> for SATA HDs but are much more expensive than the older ones that use >> PATA HDs unless you buy an OEM external combo unit. A few PATA >> Firewire enclosures are not bootable, but they are rare and have >> chipsets by Genesys Logic or Prolific. Newer ones are all bootable >> AFAIK. Oxford chipsets are recognized as best for Macs, but the >> chipsets used on OEM HD manufacturer's enclosure/HD units such as >> Seagate, Maxtor, Western Digital all appear to work OK with Macs. >> >> >> >> >> > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml 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/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
