Re: Oxford 924 Bridge Board Drive Size limitation

2010-06-08 Thread yawg
Hi John, > > I just want to add that not all external Firewire HDs are bootable. I > > have two Firewire/USB cases with Initio chipsets and those won't boot. > > It doesn't matter if I use the USB or the FW connection. > > > Regards, Jörg. > > Yeah I run into one sometimes that has a problem booti

Re: Oxford 924 Bridge Board Drive Size limitation

2010-06-08 Thread yawg
Hi John, > > I just want to add that not all external Firewire HDs are bootable. I > > have two Firewire/USB cases with Initio chipsets and those won't boot. > > It doesn't matter if I use the USB or the FW connection. > > > Regards, Jörg. > > Yeah I run into one sometimes that has a problem booti

Re: Oxford 924 Bridge Board Drive Size limitation

2010-06-08 Thread yawg
Hi John, > > I just want to add that not all external Firewire HDs are bootable. I > > have two Firewire/USB cases with Initio chipsets and those won't boot. > > It doesn't matter if I use the USB or the FW connection. > > > Regards, Jörg. > > Yeah I run into one sometimes that has a problem booti

Re: Oxford 924 Bridge Board Drive Size limitation

2010-06-07 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Jun 7, 2010, at 7:59 AM, yawg wrote: Hi, I just want to add that not all external Firewire HDs are bootable. I have two Firewire/USB cases with Initio chipsets and those won't boot. It doesn't matter if I use the USB or the FW connection. Regards, Jörg. Yeah I run into one sometimes tha

Re: Oxford 924 Bridge Board Drive Size limitation

2010-06-07 Thread yawg
Hi, I just want to add that not all external Firewire HDs are bootable. I have two Firewire/USB cases with Initio chipsets and those won't boot. It doesn't matter if I use the USB or the FW connection. Regards, Jörg. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

Re: Oxford 924 Bridge Board Drive Size limitation

2010-06-07 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jun 5, 3:41 pm, Peter Haas wrote: > On Jun 5, 2010, at 11:03 AM, Len Gerstel wrote: > > > I just grabbed from OWC's Garage sale a Mercury Elite Pro AL   > > Firewire 800/400/USB 2.0 dual drive enclosure. It has the Oxford   > > 924 chipset. The specs say it supports drives up to 1TB. > > This

Re: Oxford 924 Bridge Board Drive Size limitation

2010-06-06 Thread John Carmonne
On Jun 6, 2010, at 6:04 AM, Damian wrote: > This should not be a problem. I used a external 2.5" Disk to boot Tiger > Installation (FW 400). I'm not sure about USB, but Fierwire should work (be > bootable). > You can boot with USB as long as the external USB drive is fully powered via power p

Re: Oxford 924 Bridge Board Drive Size limitation

2010-06-06 Thread Damian
This should not be a problem. I used a external 2.5" Disk to boot Tiger Installation (FW 400). I'm not sure about USB, but Fierwire should work (be bootable). On Jun 6, 2010, at 2:48 PM, yawg wrote: Hi, This is a tad OT but somehow my question might fit in. I just grabbed from OWC's Garag

Re: Oxford 924 Bridge Board Drive Size limitation

2010-06-06 Thread John Carmonne
On Jun 6, 2010, at 5:48 AM, yawg wrote: > Hi, > > This is a tad OT but somehow my question might fit in. > >>> I just grabbed from OWC's Garage sale a Mercury Elite Pro AL >>> Firewire 800/400/USB 2.0 dual drive enclosure. It has the Oxford >>> 924 chipset. The specs say it supports drives up t

Re: Oxford 924 Bridge Board Drive Size limitation

2010-06-06 Thread yawg
Hi, This is a tad OT but somehow my question might fit in. > > I just grabbed from OWC's Garage sale a Mercury Elite Pro AL > > Firewire 800/400/USB 2.0 dual drive enclosure. It has the Oxford > > 924 chipset. The specs say it supports drives up to 1TB. > > This just means the chip set has no pra

Re: Oxford 924 Bridge Board Drive Size limitation

2010-06-06 Thread yawg
Hi, This is a tad OT but somehow my question might fit in. > > I just grabbed from OWC's Garage sale a Mercury Elite Pro AL > > Firewire 800/400/USB 2.0 dual drive enclosure. It has the Oxford > > 924 chipset. The specs say it supports drives up to 1TB. > > This just means the chip set has no pra

Re: Oxford 924 Bridge Board Drive Size limitation

2010-06-05 Thread Peter Haas
On Jun 5, 2010, at 11:03 AM, Len Gerstel wrote: I just grabbed from OWC's Garage sale a Mercury Elite Pro AL Firewire 800/400/USB 2.0 dual drive enclosure. It has the Oxford 924 chipset. The specs say it supports drives up to 1TB. This just means the chip set has no practical maximum, and

Oxford 924 Bridge Board Drive Size limitation

2010-06-05 Thread Len Gerstel
I am getting ready to move my home Mac away from the G world to an intel mini. My storage needs vastly outweigh (do bits have weight?) the HDs available for the mini. I just grabbed from OWC's Garage sale a Mercury Elite Pro AL Firewire 800/400/USB 2.0 dual drive enclosure. It has the Oxfor