on 28.09.2003 17:34, bob at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can someone tell me if I am suppose to be able to connect a IBook 800 combo > 14in to a S900 with a regular firewire cable? The S900 has 9.1 on it. It > wiil show the Ibook as a external drive, but can I make the s900 show up on > the Ibook? I tried holding down the T key when starting up S900 but that did > not make a difference.
Hi Bob, To the best of my knowledge, only a qualified Apple branded computer <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583> with built-in FireWire can be booted as an external FireWire drive, aka Target disk mode, and only an Apple branded computer with built-in FireWire can be booted from an external FireWire drive. Then again, someone here might know of a PCI FireWire card that lets this happen. PCI SCSI cards exist that permit booting from SCSI devices, but none that I know of permit booting the computer into SCSI disk mode, like the PowerBooks. There are PCI IDE class cards that can attach a bootable volume, but none that I know of that can return the favor. Peace, paul -- Paul F. Henegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
