> Do any firewire PCI cards for pre-G3 Macs supporting booting >OSX off of an external firewire drive? > > I see this card from OWC: > >http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=4480&Item=OWCLUCT5X > >...but will it let you boot from a firewire drive? > >-Greg > I have info from someone who knows his stuff and he says NO firewire card currently lets you boot from an old world Mac or clone. The card would need to have firmware which allows this and be able to run without software. Current cards need the software to load into the OS before firewire will work . It isn't likely these cards will be made as are not needed for new machines.
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