> From: Alan Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 10:45:38 > > > Adrian O'Sullivan wrote: > > > > Here's a newbie question for y'all. If I remove the two ancient, > creaking > > Quantum 2GB SCSI HDs from an S900/G3 and replace them with an > external > > FireWire HD (let's say, 80GB OWC Mercury Elite Pro 7200RPM FireWire > > Oxford911), will it boot my system (9.1 and/or 10.1.5)? > > ------ > > Sorry, not possible. > Legacy macs will not boot from an external firewire drive. > This would be the simple answer that can be expanded upon > by the tech gurus on this fine List. > > Alan > S900 with an external firewire drive.
Very good short and sweet answer! I'd like to add a suggestion if you'd like to replace the creeking ancient SCSI drives. I would go with an ATA PCI card and an IDE drive. The ACARD ATA/66 is available from OWC for $49.00-$55.00 range and you can get an IDE drive for less then $100.00 much less if you shop carefully. Yes there are ATA 100 and 133 cards now but they won't run any faster then the ATA 66 card no matter what drive you use then with . (Raid drive setups are a different story but not for most people) Currently sold hard drives will not run any faster then apox half of the ATA 66 cards speed. These figures on drives seem to mostly be an over blown marketing tool.(what ever happen to truth in advertising ;-) Many people including me are very happy with the above suggested setup in their UMAX machines. Will S PS just to be fair you could also go with a faster SCSI PCI card and a faster SCSI hard drive. If buying current new card and drive it will be a smaller drive like half the size and we are talking 3 -4 times more money. The choice is yours. -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
