> David, I thought I'd jump in here, It sounds like your exhausting yourself > with this > Did you ever consider putting that DVD-RAM into a Firewire enclosure? > > I have 2 S900's one SCSI and the other IDE, both have CDR burners in the upper > slots, CD-ROM's in lower slot's I've been dabbling with DVD for over a year or > so > now, first in 9.1 and now in 10.2. Rather then "mess" with my "setup's" I've > put > my DVD-ROM into a Firewire enclosure and its great. Does this DVD-RAM > need to be a bootable device? Also portability may be an advantage here? > > For well under $100 bucks you could get a Firewire enclosure & card from OWC > Links here: > ... > > Best of Luck and Happy New Year, Phillip >
Hi Phillip, I did think about putting it into a firewire enclosure I have but steered away from that for a few reasons. The dvd/ram drive is Apple Rommed and it also reads cd/rom's, so on the ide bus, I can boot from it and was wanting that. And yeah I couldn't do that on firewire. I have a Sony Spressa Firewire cdrw drive but it is s-l-o-w and I wouldn't want to put that on the ide bus in a swap. The read speed of the dvd/ram's cd/rom side is better than what I now have on the ide bus plus the unit is very quiet. But this is not the only reason for upgrading my ATA/IDE card. I had recently purchased a 60 gb ATA/100 Seagate drive and the drive was crashing every time I ran a media scan. In all likelihood, the ATA/66 card was having problems with the ATA/100 drive. I could see that problem cropping up again and again in the future with other peripherals. So I hope to find out from other listers which has been the most compatible and otherwise best ATA/133, 100 card out there? Then I will definitely verify with the manufacturer that it is at least compatible with this Apple Rommed DVD/RAM drive. I had already checked with OWC but they had no idea. Barring any other issues, I assume (scary word) that I shouldn't have problems with most other hard drives out there. So anyway, I'm killing two birds with one stone by upgrading my IDE card. But if anybody knows of any pitfalls/incompatibilities I may face with a faster ATA card on an s900 with a G3 450 upgrade (and future G4), I sure would like to hear them. Thanks, Dave HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
