> From: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 15:30:12 -0400 > To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: PCI PowerMacs Digest #2824 > ><< To condense and clarify the information in some of the answers already > given... > > A firewire driver must be loaded at boot time, in order to boot from > a Firewire drive. > > On older machines, the Firewire driver resides in an Extension in the > OS folder, and so you have a chicken and egg problem, which means > that you can't boot from a Firewire drive--period. The computer > doesn't know how to communicate by Firewire until the extension > loads; the extension doesn't load until the OS loads; therefore, you > can't boot from a firewire drive, because the OS must be loaded > before any firewire devices can communicate with the computer.>>
I feel terribly "thick" about this, but I''m afraid I really don't know what is being said here. Let me give you my "scenario" & ask a question. I have a Power Mac 6500 machine, with an installed G 3 400 CPU. I have an external second Hard drive. I installed Firewire/USB card to which I connected this external hard drive, using a firewire port. I copied my entire 4 Gig original Hard drive to the external 40 gig HD, including the OS 9.1 operating system folder, as a backup. My computer has the original motherboard, and it cannot be upgraded or so I've been told (it is soldered in, I think). Is this correct? So if my original installed hard drive "died", I cannot even start up my computer & have it boot up? I notice that when I boot up, the HD #1 icon appears, then the HD #2 icon appears on the desktop. I keep it active so that when I hit the power button, it spins up. I can turn it off, but it has a rather "delicate" on-off button that a portion broke off of & my neighbor (a computer engineer) glued a piece on to the button so that it could be used. However, I am afraid it might break again, so keep it on at all times. Of course I am saving this Digest for future reference, but would appreciate someone answering the above questions. Thanks, Ginny -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
