Hi, Sounds like a good way to test OS X on an s900 withoput making too large an investement.
Could you please explain how this works: I use XPostFacto and a helper volume to boot into a volume on my FW drive that has Panther. I do maintenance and backups, then use XPF to point back to my main S900 volume. i.e. what is a helper volume and does this live on the S900 how is XPF used to go from the s900 volume to the FW volume and back. Thanks Greg G ----- Original Message ----- From: Gary Gorbet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, February 9, 2005 1:54 pm Subject: Re: [SM] Firewire? > >Hi All. > >I was wondering if I install Panther on a Firewire drive will I be > >able to start up from it on my S900? > > Many Thanks. > > Jacqueline > > > > Jacqueline, > > I imagine there are combinations of Firewire cards and other slot > allocations for which it would *not* work, but I can tell you that > it > is possible to boot into Panther on a Firewire drive attached to an > S900. That is how I do regular maintenance and backups on mine. > > I have an OWC (single-purpose) Firewire card in slot 4. I use > XPostFacto and a helper volume to boot into a volume on my FW drive > that has Panther. I do maintenance and backups, then use XPF to > point > back to my main S900 volume. > > I'd say go for it. > > All the best, > Gary > > -- > SuperMacs is sponsored by <" target="l">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 <" > target="l">http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > SuperMacs list info: <" > target="l">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: <" target="l">http://www.mail- > archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
