On Feb 9, 4:38 pm, Kris Tilford <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Another way to get quicker HD response is using XPF to boot from a  
> Firewire 400 external HD. This is cheap and gets rid of both the 1st 8  
> GB limit and the 128 GB limit, which only the ATA-133 card would also  
> do, but normally at higher total cost and less usage flexibility.
>


See, there you have piqued my interest. I also have a Beige G3 and  I
have an OrangeMicro combo USB/FW card that I haven't installed yet.
The idea of cloning my existing 4GB system drive to a higher capacity
drive and putting that in a FW enclosure is very attractive.  Has
anyone around here done this successfully?

-carlos

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