on 2/18/04 5:58 PM, TJ Ciaffone at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am interested in possibly attaching a SCSI CD=RW to my 233 bondi blue > iMac. I can buy a USB to scsi adapter from the swap list. I have used the > scsi CDRW to startup my 4400 clone so I know it is recognized as a start up > disk by SCSI bus. Does anyone know if the Universal Serial Bus will > recognize the SCSI device as a start up disk before I lay out more money?
I can think of two reasons why it might not work: 1. The early iMacs didn't have support for USB in the hardware, they don't know how to work their USB ports until they have read a file off of the hard drive (or CD if booting from the internal CD) so I don't think it's possible to boot off of USB at all with a 233 iMac. 2. If that USB to SCSI adapter requires drivers to work, it too won't be activated until the iMac has read some files from the hard drive during the boot process. I could be wrong, and I hope someone will correct me if I am. One thing I do know: If it did work, it would be VERY slow. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
