Hi Ronni Yeh Firewire is always the way to go I find, if possible. Just works so much better, and generally is a lot more reliable as well. When I get an eSATA drive, I might try it just for interest sake anyway :) Beside's aren't that what ToDo lists are for? You always add things to them, they just never ever get finished. Even if you throw a to do list away I'm sure a new one just starts the new day ;o) hehe.
Kind Regards Daniel On 13/7/09 4:28 PM, "Ronda Brown" <ro...@wn.com.au> wrote: > > Many thanks Daniel for your reply, I appreciate you taking the time. > > Your reply confirms how I understood the ExpressCard slot works. > Also why Firewire 400 is significantly faster than USB, as USB data > transfers rely on the CPU to manage data flow, whereas FW does not. > > Don't worry about testing this ... I certainly don't want to "Add to > Your Workload list". > I know how full that list is & how it keeps on growing & growing ;-) > At present I'm not interested in backing up to eSATA, Firewire 800 is > fine by me. > By the time I am, Apple will have eSATA ports ....... :0) > > Please DON'T add this to the "todo" list. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 13/07/2009, at 4:06 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > >> >> Hi Ronni >> >> Not 100% sure on the bootable thing, but I'd imagine so, as the card >> doesn't >> get instructions/power to it until the laptop is running (from >> memory). So >> therefore it's not seen as a device until the system loads and does >> it's >> thing. Unlike Firewire which is independent. Well that's what I >> think from >> my limited technical side anyway,.. ;) hehe >> I've never actually run an ExpressCard eSATA. Used a Firewire >> ExpressCard. >> Got one here for eSATA though, will have to try it some stage and >> see :o) >> And same for the WLAN. Haven't come across that either on my >> travels, but >> can test it and see :o) >> >> Will add it to the 'todo' list and let you know what I find out. >> Hmm, guess >> that means I have to find a drive with eSATA as well then,..lol. >> >> Kind Regards >> Daniel >> >> PS You're welcome Cloe :) >> PPS Arr sleep. I vaguely remember that... :o) >> >> >> On 13/7/09 2:00 PM, "Ronda Brown" <ro...@wn.com.au> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Daniel, >>> >>> Is it correct that the Express Card Slot is NOT seen as a bootable >>> port? >>> >>> "The main reason you can't boot from eSATA is because you basically >>> can't boot from a device attached through the express slot. >>> This would be the case with a firewire or USB drive connected through >>> the express slot as well. >>> It's basically not seen as a bootable port." >>> >>> Is it also correct that when you remove the ExpressCard that you >>> loose >>> your WLAN connection? >>> >>> " Using a JMicron JMB360 chipset based eSATA ExpressCard (Digitus >>> DS-31101) running on a mid-2007 Macbook Pro and OSX 10.5.6. >>> or a Griffin Expresscard/34 eSATA (Silicon Image Sil3132 SATA Link). >>> >>> Inserting, accessing and using an external esata drive works fine. >>> >>> Problems begin when you remove the ExpressCard after usage - shortly >>> after removing the WLAN connection drops and can't be restored." >>> >>> But - there does appear to be a workaround, before you remove the >>> Expresscard, turn the wireless off. >>> Then remove the Expresscard. Then turn the wireless back on. >>> >>> Many thanks. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> PS Cloe says "Thank you Daniel for the Birthday wishes" >>> PPS Cloe is now sleeping off her Birthday picnic in the park. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 13/07/2009, at 11:15 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: >>> >>>> Correct me if I'm wrong on this, but I'm sure I had read it >>>> somewhere. >>>> Isn't it true with eSATA that you can't "hotswap" a drive like you >>>> can with >>>> Firewire and USB2. That is, if you unmount the drive you physically >>>> have to >>>> restart the machine for it to show back up again and that you can't >>>> just >>>> plug and unplug for it to show up again like you can with a Firewire >>>> Drive? >>>> As mentioned, I could be wrong, just something I thought I'd read/ >>>> seen >>>> somewhere. >>>> That was one disadvantage I always thought with eSATA, it was a bit >>>> like >>>> SCSI was back then. >>>> >>>> Oh, and as a side note, MacPro's if they want to add eSATA can >>>> actually sort >>>> of trick the machine, as they have 2 "hidden" SATA ports under the >>>> left hand >>>> side on the port. You can actually run a couple to one of these then >>>> out to >>>> a eSATA PCI card, so you don't then lose any of the hard drive bays. >>>> (Though >>>> with 4 Hard Drive bays on a MacPro you've got lots anyway,...) >>>> >>>> Kind Regards >>>> Daniel >>>> >>>> PS Happy birthday Cloe. ;) >>>> --- >>>> Daniel Kerr >>>> MacWizardry >>>> >>>> Phone: 0414 795 960 >>>> Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> >>>> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> >>>> >>>> >>>> **For everything Macintosh** > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
