Hi Dan > DID Restore of 10.5 and nothing would load on G4 or MacBook(Intel). > Could this xhd just not be bootable?
It seems likely. I have/had four external Firewire harddisks and only my old one with an Oxford controller would boot my MDD. Two Diginote cases have Initio controllers which won't boot my Mac and my newest Freecom SATA dock which has eSATA, FireWire 400 and 800 plus USB will also boot my MDD - this one also has an Initio controller albeit a newer one. The Oxford case (model Pleiades with the G5 design) burnt its power supply spontaneously as did two other same cases of a friend, a design fault apparently. I can make a CCC copy of my system volumes to a Diginote. That CCC copy is bootable when I clone it back to another internal/bootable disk it will boot my Mac - but not directly from the Diginote. So it must be the controller. Before I bought my Freecom dock I asked their helpdesk if it would boot my MDD G4. Even the help couldn't tell me if their dock would boot a Mac. So I went online and looked into some fora with product reviews and found positive results with Mac users. Then I bought the dock. Works like a charm and accepts 3.5 and 2.5 inch drives. Good luck, Jörg. -- 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
