Greetings...this is my very first post. This issue may have been discussed in earlier threads but if I can cut to the chase it would be helpful for me.
I'll start by describing my system: PowerTowerPro 225 with MaxPowr G3 500 mhz upgrade card Original internal 2.1 gig SCSI HD (non apple) 512 MB ram ATA/66 PCI IDE controller card driving 2 ->30 GB IDE hard drives, one has 8.6, the other running 9.1 PCI Belkin USB card adapter, actually I have 2 cards in 2 slots for a total of 4 USB inputs. ATI Exclaim 3D Plus display card Most recent addition (days ago) is a FireWire PCI adapter card and an ADS FireWire enclosure case with a (temporary) 2.1 gig IDE drive pilfered from an old Umax clone. Absolutely everything is working great. All the drives are recognized. ~~~~now a little history... Over a year ago I was successful in installing MacOS X using Ryan Rempel's technique. At that time, I had one of the IDE drives partitioned as required and everything was working fine. X booted etc etc. I found it to run somewhat slow and after playing with it a while, decided that it was not really worth fooling with, at least in it's earlier stages of development. Since then, I've cleared my system of anything X related and have the setup described above. Now, up to date... A few days ago, I added the FireWire PCI card and the external HD. It's working beautifully as well. I'm at the point now that I would like to consider trying to install MacOS 10.2 on that external FireWire HD and my questions are as such: Is this install at all feasible with my current configuration? I understand that I should probably partition that external FireWire Drive and first install 9.2.2 on it to set the stage for an install of X on the other partition. My primary concern is whether X will be bootable from this PCI FireWire. Has anyone has any success booting MacOS X from an external FireWire HD from a PCI FireWire card using anything similar to my configuration? Thanks Larry Coltharp -- -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
