On 8/31/09 8:32 PM, Clark Martin at <cm...@sonic.net> wrote: > Paul wrote: >> This was mentioned in passing already, but I think I should emphasize >> it a bit. Trying to boot from a USB thumb drive on a Sawtooth will be >> VERY slow. Copying gigabytes of data will be VERY slow. Finding a USB >> 2.0 card (much faster) that lets you boot might take a bit of work. >> Some chipsets are better for Macs, but I don't remember the details. > > Pretty much all the USB 2.0 cards work on the Mac. The problem comes in > when the computer sleeps. Problems range from crashing the computer at > sleep to not being able to access the USB devices after waking.
Well, I have a USB 2.0 NEC Chip PCI card here on my G3... And I never had any problems about putting the computer to sleep and wake it up later. -- MaGioZal. <http://magiozal.blogspot.com/> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
